Just outside Blackwater: Scorrier House and more
What there is to see lies just outside: 3 places within 5 km of its edge. They include 2 museums and a historic house. Travel 9.3 km and you reach Truro Cathedral.
Top of the list around Blackwater
Beyond Scorrier House, there are 2 museums.
MuseumSt Agnes Museum4 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumRedruth Old Cornwall Society Museum4.1 km outside town, to the southwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map view
At the edge of the map sits Redruth Old Cornwall Society Museum, 4.9 km out.
The dashed line is Blackwater’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
By kind
Museums or galleries lead the count with 2 of 3.
Green: inside Blackwater. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place, in and near Blackwater
Everything here is within 5 km of its edge, 3 places in all.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
6 listed buildings are on Blackwater’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Blackwater →
Trips out
Truro Cathedral (9.3 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.
CathedralTruro Cathedral9.3 km east
GardenEden Project33 km east
Art galleryTate St Ives22 km west · 214K visitors a year (2009)
CastleCarn Brea Castle7.1 km southwest
Castle · English HeritagePendennis Castle17 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageSt Mawes Castle17 km southeast
MuseumRoyal Cornwall Museum9 km eastGardenGarden · National TrustTrelissick Garden12 km southeastGardenGardenThe Lost Gardens of Heligan27 km east
Museum · National TrustEast Pool Mine7.3 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustTrerice16 km northeast
Garden · National TrustGlendurgan Garden19 km southPlaces well known beyond Blackwater (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Questions about Blackwater’s attractions
What is there to see near Blackwater?
No attraction is mapped inside Blackwater itself. Within 5 km of it are Scorrier House, St Agnes Museum and Redruth Old Cornwall Society Museum.
Does Blackwater have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Blackwater: St Agnes Museum and Redruth Old Cornwall Society Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Blackwater?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Pendennis Castle (English Heritage), 17 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Blackwater?
Within 40 km: Truro Cathedral (9.3 km), Eden Project (33 km), Tate St Ives (22 km), Carn Brea Castle (7.1 km).
Where are Blackwater’s historic buildings listed?
Blackwater has 6 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Blackwater when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (11)
- St Agnes Museum: Mutney, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Truro Cathedral: tracey maclean, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eden Project: Jürgen Matern, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate St Ives: flickr user "Steve Parker", CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carn Brea Castle: Bengoeswild, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pendennis Castle: Darren Shilson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Mawes Castle: Claudiu Bichescu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Cornwall Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- East Pool Mine: see below, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trerice: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glendurgan Garden: Daderot, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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