From Frogpool, 5.2 km to Scorrier House
The best-known day out from Frogpool is Truro Cathedral, 8.2 km away. There is no place to visit inside Frogpool’s built-up area; there are 2 within 5 km of its edge. On the list: a historic house and a museum, among others.
Just outside Frogpool, the best known
After Scorrier House comes a museum.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Places on the map
The farthest of them, Scorrier House, is 5.2 km out.
The dashed line is Frogpool’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
The mix
The list holds a historic house and a museum.
Green: inside Frogpool. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of them, one by one
Its 2 places all lie within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
4 listed buildings are on Frogpool’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Frogpool →
Around the region
Truro Cathedral, 8.2 km away, is the best known of the 12.
CathedralTruro Cathedral8.2 km northeast
Castle · English HeritagePendennis Castle10 km southeast
GardenEden Project32 km northeast
Art galleryTate St Ives24 km west · 214K visitors a year (2009)
Castle · English HeritageSt Mawes Castle11 km southeast
CastleCarn Brea Castle7.5 km westGardenGarden · National TrustTrelissick Garden7.8 km east
MuseumRoyal Cornwall Museum8 km northeast
Garden · National TrustGlendurgan Garden12 km southGardenGardenTrebah13 km southGardenGardenThe Lost Gardens of Heligan25 km east
Art galleryFalmouth Art Gallery8.5 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Frogpool (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.
Asked about places to visit in Frogpool
What is there to see near Frogpool?
No attraction is mapped inside Frogpool itself. Within 5 km of it are Scorrier House and Enys Gardens.
Does Frogpool have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Frogpool: Enys Gardens.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Frogpool?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Pendennis Castle (English Heritage), 10 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Frogpool?
Within 40 km: Truro Cathedral (8.2 km), Pendennis Castle (10 km), Eden Project (32 km), Tate St Ives (24 km).
Where are Frogpool’s historic buildings listed?
Frogpool has 4 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 Frogpool 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 (9)
- Truro Cathedral: tracey maclean, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pendennis Castle: Darren Shilson, CC BY 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
- St Mawes Castle: Claudiu Bichescu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carn Brea Castle: Bengoeswild, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Cornwall Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glendurgan Garden: Daderot, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Falmouth Art Gallery: Vernon39, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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