Just outside Ruan Minor: Lizard Wireless Station and more
There is no place to visit inside Ruan Minor’s built-up area; there are 3 within 5 km of its edge. Beyond the town, Pendennis Castle sits 20 km away.
The first to see around Ruan Minor
Lizard Wireless Station aside, the next best known are 2 museums.
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 map shows most of the 3 nearby to the south.
The dashed line is Ruan Minor’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
All 3 are museums or galleries.
Green: inside Ruan Minor. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Each place in turn
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 3.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
5 listed buildings are on Ruan Minor’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ruan Minor →
A little further out
Most famous of the 12 is Pendennis Castle, 20 km from the centre.
Castle · English HeritagePendennis Castle20 km northeast
Art galleryTate St Ives33 km northwest · 214K visitors a year (2009)
CathedralTruro Cathedral31 km north
Castle · English HeritageSt Mawes Castle21 km northeastGardenGardenTrebah13 km north
Garden · National TrustGlendurgan Garden14 km north
CastleCarn Brea Castle26 km north
ZooCornish Seal Sanctuary11 km northGardenGarden · National TrustTrelissick Garden27 km northeast
Theme parkThe Flambards Experience12 km northwest
Historic house · National TrustGodolphin Estate20 km northwest
Heritage railwayHelston Railway17 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Ruan Minor (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.
Seeing Ruan Minor: questions
What is there to see near Ruan Minor?
No attraction is mapped inside Ruan Minor itself. Within 5 km of it are Lizard Wireless Station, Lizard Lighthouse Heritage Centre and Predannick Anti-Aircraft Battery.
Does Ruan Minor have a museum?
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Ruan Minor: Lizard Wireless Station, Lizard Lighthouse Heritage Centre and Predannick Anti-Aircraft Battery.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Ruan Minor?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Pendennis Castle (English Heritage), 20 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Ruan Minor?
Within 40 km: Pendennis Castle (20 km), Tate St Ives (33 km), Truro Cathedral (31 km), St Mawes Castle (21 km).
Where are Ruan Minor’s historic buildings listed?
Ruan Minor 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 Ruan Minor 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 (10)
- Pendennis Castle: Darren Shilson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate St Ives: flickr user "Steve Parker", 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
- Carn Brea Castle: Bengoeswild, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cornish Seal Sanctuary: MortimerCat, 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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