Royal Cornwall Museum
Royal Cornwall Museum is a museum in Truro, Cornwall. Top of the 26 other places within 15 km is Truro Cathedral, 300 m off. Wikipedia covers it in 7 languages.
Museum in Truro
Inside Truro
Royal Cornwall Museum is inside Truro’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month in Truro
In Truro the warm season is June to September, with highs of 18–20°C.
Royal Cornwall Museum
Museum in Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
In Truro, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- in Truro
- Official site
- royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk
Entry, hours, address
- EntryA fee is charged
Getting your bearings
Spot Royal Cornwall Museum in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Truro’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Which towns are near Royal Cornwall Museum
Truro, with 23,060 people, is the largest of the 8. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
- 1Truro
- 2Shortlanesend
- 3Playing Place
- 4Tresillian
- 5Threemilestone
- 6Carnon Downs and Devoran
- 7St Erme and Trispen
- 8Penpol
Truro
Shortlanesend
Playing Place
Tresillian
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Royal Cornwall Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truro | It’s in town | 23,060 | 6 |
| Shortlanesend | 2.9 km northwest of it | 1,427 | 3 |
| Playing Place | 3 km south of it | 855 | 6 |
| Tresillian | 3.2 km east of it | 711 | 5 |
| Threemilestone | 3.6 km west of it | 2,854 | 4 |
| Carnon Downs and Devoran | 4.5 km southwest of it | 2,129 | 7 |
| St Erme and Trispen | 5.6 km north of it | 1,604 | 0 |
| Penpol | 6.2 km south of it | 513 | 4 |
Places to add to Royal Cornwall Museum
A visit can add 3 castles, 2 historic houses and a cathedral, from 26 places within 15 km.
CathedralTruro Cathedral300 m away2
Castle · English HeritagePendennis Castle13 km away3GardenGarden · National TrustTrelissick Garden5.5 km away4
Castle · English HeritageSt Mawes Castle12 km away5
Historic houseTregothnan4.5 km away6
Art galleryNew County Hall1.1 km away7
CastleCarn Brea Castle14 km away8
Historic house · National TrustTrerice14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Royal Cornwall Museum, answered
Where is Royal Cornwall Museum?
Royal Cornwall Museum is in Truro, Cornwall, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Royal Cornwall Museum?
Museum in Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Royal Cornwall Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Truro, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Royal Cornwall Museum?
Within 15 km: Truro Cathedral (300 m), Pendennis Castle (13 km), Trelissick Garden (5.5 km) and St Mawes Castle (12 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Royal Cornwall Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Truro Cathedral: tracey maclean, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pendennis Castle: Darren Shilson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Mawes Castle: Claudiu Bichescu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tregothnan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- New County Hall: Andrew Le Couteur Bisson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carn Brea Castle: Bengoeswild, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trerice: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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