Marconi Centre
Museum of Guglielmo Marconi's wireless telegraphy and centre for the local amateur radio group.
Attractions in Mullion
Photo: Marconi Centre (Public domain)Marconi Centre and more near Mullion
Nothing to visit is mapped inside Mullion’s built-up area, but 7 places are within 5 km of its edge. They include 3 attractions, 2 museums and a fort. The best-known trip out is to Tate St Ives, 27 km away.
In Mullion
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
7
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
2
in or near town
Castles & historic places
2
in or near town
Best known
Around Mullion: where to begin
Marconi Centre aside, the next best known are 3 attractions, a fort and a museum.
MuseumMarconi Centre900 m outside town, to the westAttractionAttractionArthur4.7 km outside town, to the northeastAttractionAttractionGuinevere4.2 km outside town, to the northeastFortFortGunwalloe Cliff Castle1.6 km outside town, to the northwestAttractionAttractionMerlin4.3 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumPredannick Anti-Aircraft Battery3.1 km outside town, to the southeastEach 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
Mapped around Mullion
Most of the 7 out of town lie to the northeast.
The dashed line is Mullion’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
By kind
The two biggest groups: other attractions (3) and museums or galleries (2).
Museums & galleries 2 museums0 in town · 2 nearby
Castles & historic places 1 fort · 1 ruins0 in town · 2 nearby
Other attractions 3 attractions0 in town · 3 nearby
Green: inside Mullion. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
Place after place
Its 7 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.
10 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Mullion’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Mullion →
Big names nearby
Further afield
Tate St Ives, 27 km away, is the best known of the 12.
Art galleryTate St Ives27 km northwest · 214K visitors a year (2009)
Castle · English HeritagePendennis Castle19 km northeast
CathedralTruro Cathedral30 km northeast
Castle · English HeritageSt Mawes Castle21 km northeastGardenGardenTrebah12 km northeast
Garden · National TrustGlendurgan Garden13 km northeast
ZooCornish Seal Sanctuary8 km north
CastleCarn Brea Castle22 km north
Theme parkThe Flambards Experience7.4 km north
Historic house · National TrustGodolphin Estate15 km northwest
Heritage railwayHelston Railway12 km northGardenGarden · National TrustTrelissick Garden26 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Mullion (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.
Visiting Mullion: the answers
What is there to see near Mullion?
No attraction is mapped inside Mullion itself. Within 5 km of it are Marconi Centre, Arthur, Guinevere and Gunwalloe Cliff Castle.
Does Mullion have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Mullion: Marconi Centre and Predannick Anti-Aircraft Battery.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Mullion?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Pendennis Castle (English Heritage), 19 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Mullion?
Within 40 km: Tate St Ives (27 km), Pendennis Castle (19 km), Truro Cathedral (30 km), St Mawes Castle (21 km).
Where are Mullion’s historic buildings listed?
Mullion has 10 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. 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 Mullion 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)
- Marconi Centre: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate St Ives: flickr user "Steve Parker", CC BY 2.0, 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
- Glendurgan Garden: Daderot, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cornish Seal Sanctuary: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carn Brea Castle: Bengoeswild, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Flambards Experience: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Godolphin Estate: waterborough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helston Railway: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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