Just outside Mabe Burnthouse: Falmouth Art Gallery and more
Of the 7 places to visit in and around Mabe Burnthouse, 6 are museums or galleries. Mabe Burnthouse itself has none of them. Pendennis Castle is worth a day, 6.5 km from the centre.
Just outside Mabe Burnthouse, the best known
Following Falmouth Art Gallery are 4 museums and an art gallery.
Art galleryFalmouth Art Gallery4 km outside town, to the east
MuseumNational Maritime Museum Cornwall4.9 km outside town, to the east
Art galleryFalmouth Municipal Buildings4 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumPenryn Museum1.7 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumEnys Gardens2.9 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumGwithti an Pyrsti A Cabinet of Folklore and Magic4 km outside town, to the eastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Map of the places
To the east lie most of the 7 nearby.
The dashed line is Mabe Burnthouse’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Kinds of place
Most common are museums or galleries: 6 of 7.
Green: inside Mabe Burnthouse. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything to see
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 7 places listed.
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Museum in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Falmouth Municipal Buildings
Building housing the library, municipal offices and art gallery in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
1 listed building is on Mabe Burnthouse’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Mabe Burnthouse →
For a day out
The 12 days out are led by Pendennis Castle, 6.5 km away.
Castle · English HeritagePendennis Castle6.5 km east
CathedralTruro Cathedral12 km northeast
Castle · English HeritageSt Mawes Castle7.9 km east
GardenEden Project35 km northeast
Art galleryTate St Ives26 km west · 214K visitors a year (2009)
Garden · National TrustGlendurgan Garden6.4 km southGardenGardenTrebah6.8 km south
CastleCarn Brea Castle10 km northwestGardenGarden · National TrustTrelissick Garden9.3 km northeast
MuseumRoyal Cornwall Museum12 km northeastGardenGardenThe Lost Gardens of Heligan27 km northeast
ZooCornish Seal Sanctuary9.4 km southwestPlaces well known beyond Mabe Burnthouse (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.
Mabe Burnthouse, answered
What is there to see near Mabe Burnthouse?
No attraction is mapped inside Mabe Burnthouse itself. Within 5 km of it are Falmouth Art Gallery, National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth Municipal Buildings and Penryn Museum.
Does Mabe Burnthouse have a museum?
6 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Mabe Burnthouse: Falmouth Art Gallery, National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth Municipal Buildings and Penryn Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Mabe Burnthouse?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Pendennis Castle (English Heritage), 6.5 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Mabe Burnthouse?
Within 40 km: Pendennis Castle (6.5 km), Truro Cathedral (12 km), St Mawes Castle (7.9 km), Eden Project (35 km).
Where are Mabe Burnthouse’s historic buildings listed?
Mabe Burnthouse has 1 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 Mabe Burnthouse 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 (12)
- Falmouth Art Gallery: Vernon39, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- National Maritime Museum Cornwall: Vernon39, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Falmouth Municipal Buildings: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pendennis Castle: Darren Shilson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Truro Cathedral: tracey maclean, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Mawes Castle: Claudiu Bichescu, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Glendurgan Garden: Daderot, CC0, 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
- Cornish Seal Sanctuary: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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