Close to Perranarworthal: Penryn Museum and more
For a trip from Perranarworthal, Truro Cathedral is 7.6 km away. The built-up area has no place on our list of its own; 2 are within 5 km of its edge.
Just outside Perranarworthal, the best known
Second to Penryn Museum is 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
Out at 5 km is Penryn Museum, the farthest.
The dashed line is Perranarworthal’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 types of place
They are all museums or galleries: 2 in all.
Green: inside Perranarworthal. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All the places to visit
2 places make the list, every one within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
54 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Perranarworthal’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Perranarworthal →
Day trips
Worth the drive, Truro Cathedral (7.6 km) is first of the 12.
CathedralTruro Cathedral7.6 km northeast
Castle · English HeritagePendennis Castle8.9 km southeast
GardenEden Project32 km northeast
Castle · English HeritageSt Mawes Castle9.3 km southeast
Art galleryTate St Ives26 km west · 214K visitors a year (2009)
CastleCarn Brea Castle9 km westGardenGarden · National TrustTrelissick Garden6.4 km east
MuseumRoyal Cornwall Museum7.4 km northeast
Garden · National TrustGlendurgan Garden11 km southGardenGardenTrebah12 km southGardenGardenThe Lost Gardens of Heligan24 km east
Art galleryFalmouth Art Gallery7.1 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Perranarworthal (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.
Quick answers on Perranarworthal
What is there to see near Perranarworthal?
No attraction is mapped inside Perranarworthal itself. Within 5 km of it are Penryn Museum and Enys Gardens.
Does Perranarworthal have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Perranarworthal: Penryn Museum and Enys Gardens.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Perranarworthal?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Pendennis Castle (English Heritage), 8.9 km southeast.
What are the best-known days out near Perranarworthal?
Within 40 km: Truro Cathedral (7.6 km), Pendennis Castle (8.9 km), Eden Project (32 km), St Mawes Castle (9.3 km).
Where are Perranarworthal’s historic buildings listed?
Perranarworthal has 54 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 Perranarworthal 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
- St Mawes Castle: Claudiu Bichescu, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- 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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