Out from Mount Hawke: Scorrier House and more
4 of the 5 places to visit in and around Mount Hawke are museums or galleries. Mount Hawke itself has none of them. Truro Cathedral is worth a day, 11 km from the centre.
The names to know near Mount Hawke
Along with Scorrier House, see 4 museums.
MuseumSt Agnes Museum2 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumRedruth Old Cornwall Society Museum3.5 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumBlue Hills Tin Streams3.5 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumMoseley Heritage Museum4.8 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.
Map of the places
At 5.4 km, Moseley Heritage Museum is the farthest one out.
The dashed line is Mount Hawke’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Grouped by kind
The biggest group is museums or galleries, with 4 of the 5.
Green: inside Mount Hawke. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place by place
Here are the 5 places within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
5 listed buildings are on Mount Hawke’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Mount Hawke →
Big names nearby
The pick of the 12 is Truro Cathedral, 11 km off.
CathedralTruro Cathedral11 km east
Art galleryTate St Ives21 km west · 214K visitors a year (2009)
GardenEden Project34 km east
CastleCarn Brea Castle7.1 km south
Castle · English HeritagePendennis Castle19 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageSt Mawes Castle19 km southeast
MuseumRoyal Cornwall Museum11 km east
Museum · National TrustEast Pool Mine6.8 km southwestGardenGarden · National TrustTrelissick Garden15 km southeastGardenGardenThe Lost Gardens of Heligan28 km east
Historic house · National TrustTrerice17 km northeast
Garden · National TrustGlendurgan Garden20 km southPlaces well known beyond Mount Hawke (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.
Places to visit in Mount Hawke: questions
What is there to see near Mount Hawke?
No attraction is mapped inside Mount Hawke itself. Within 5 km of it are Scorrier House, St Agnes Museum, Redruth Old Cornwall Society Museum and Blue Hills Tin Streams.
Does Mount Hawke have a museum?
4 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Mount Hawke: St Agnes Museum, Redruth Old Cornwall Society Museum, Blue Hills Tin Streams and Moseley Heritage Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Mount Hawke?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Pendennis Castle (English Heritage), 19 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Mount Hawke?
Within 40 km: Truro Cathedral (11 km), Tate St Ives (21 km), Eden Project (34 km), Carn Brea Castle (7.1 km).
Where are Mount Hawke’s historic buildings listed?
Mount Hawke has 5 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 Mount Hawke 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)
- St Agnes Museum: Mutney, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blue Hills Tin Streams: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Truro Cathedral: tracey maclean, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate St Ives: flickr user "Steve Parker", CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eden Project: Jürgen Matern, CC BY-SA 2.5, 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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