Just outside St Buryan: Porthcurno Telegraph Museum and more
Castles or historic places make up 5 of the 8 places on the list. None of them is inside St Buryan itself. Make a day of it at Tate St Ives, 19 km away.
The first to see around St Buryan
Behind Porthcurno Telegraph Museum on the list are 3 historic sites, a garden and a museum.
MuseumPorthcurno Telegraph Museum3.4 km outside town, to the southwestGardenGardenMinack Theatre3.8 km outside town, to the southwestHistoric siteHistoric siteBlind Fiddler Standing Stone2.6 km outside town, to the northeastHistoric siteHistoric siteBoscawen-Un Stone Circle1.2 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumRowena Cade Exhibition3.8 km outside town, to the southwestHistoric siteHistoric siteThe Merry Maidens Stone Circle2.2 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.
Where to go
To the southwest is where most of the 8 nearby are.
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By kind
The two biggest groups: castles or historic places (5) and museums or galleries (2).
Green: inside St Buryan. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place after place
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 8.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
29 listed buildings and 2 scheduled monuments are on St Buryan’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in St Buryan →
A drive away
Head 19 km out for Tate St Ives, the best known of 12.
Art galleryTate St Ives19 km northeast · 214K visitors a year (2009)
Museum · National TrustLevant Mine9.8 km northwest
Garden · National TrustTrengwainton Gardens6.9 km northeast
FortChûn Castle8.3 km north
MuseumPenlee House, Gallery & Museum7.5 km northeast
Historic houseTrereife House5.7 km northeast
Historic houseYHA Penzance6.6 km northeast
MuseumBarbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden18 km northeast
CastleCarn Brea Castle32 km northeast
Fort · National TrustTrencrom Hill15 km northeast
Historic house · National TrustGodolphin Estate20 km eastGardenGardenTrebah36 km eastPlaces well known beyond St Buryan (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.
Planning a visit to St Buryan
What is there to see near St Buryan?
No attraction is mapped inside St Buryan itself. Within 5 km of it are Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Minack Theatre, Blind Fiddler Standing Stone and Boscawen-Un Stone Circle.
Does St Buryan have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of St Buryan: Porthcurno Telegraph Museum and Rowena Cade Exhibition.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near St Buryan?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Levant Mine (National Trust), 9.8 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near St Buryan?
Within 40 km: Tate St Ives (19 km), Levant Mine (9.8 km), Trengwainton Gardens (6.9 km), Chûn Castle (8.3 km).
Where are St Buryan’s historic buildings listed?
St Buryan has 29 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 St Buryan 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)
- Porthcurno Telegraph Museum: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate St Ives: flickr user "Steve Parker", CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Levant Mine: John Gibson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trengwainton Gardens: N p holmes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chûn Castle: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Penlee House, Gallery & Museum: Purely Penzance, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trereife House: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- YHA Penzance: Edmund Gooch, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carn Brea Castle: Bengoeswild, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trencrom Hill: Crispin Purdye, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Godolphin Estate: waterborough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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