Bike Park Kernow and more near St Stephen
From St Stephen, the big name within reach is Eden Project, 11 km away. With nothing inside St Stephen’s built-up area, the list has 2 places within 5 km of its edge. Look for an attraction and a museum.
The best known around St Stephen
Then comes a museum, behind Bike Park Kernow.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
The map stretches to Heritage Centre, 5.2 km away.
The dashed line is St Stephen’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
How the list breaks down
Between them they are an attraction and a museum.
Green: inside St Stephen. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every entry
Look within 5 km of its edge for both.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
23 listed buildings and 2 scheduled monuments are on St Stephen’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in St Stephen →
Bigger names, a drive away
Most famous of the 12 is Eden Project, 11 km from the centre.
GardenEden Project11 km east
CathedralTruro Cathedral14 km southwestGardenGardenThe Lost Gardens of Heligan9.1 km southeast
Castle · English HeritageTintagel Castle37 km north
Castle · English HeritageRestormel Castle18 km northeast
Castle · English HeritagePendennis Castle25 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustTrerice11 km northwest
Castle · English HeritageSt Mawes Castle23 km southwest
Castle · English HeritageSt Catherine's Castle18 km east
MuseumRoyal Cornwall Museum15 km southwestGardenGarden · National TrustTrelissick Garden17 km southwest
CastleCaerhays Castle12 km southPlaces well known beyond St Stephen (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.
Your questions on St Stephen
What is there to see near St Stephen?
No attraction is mapped inside St Stephen itself. Within 5 km of it are Bike Park Kernow and Heritage Centre.
Does St Stephen have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of St Stephen: Heritage Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near St Stephen?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Tintagel Castle (English Heritage), 37 km north.
What are the best-known days out near St Stephen?
Within 40 km: Eden Project (11 km), Truro Cathedral (14 km), The Lost Gardens of Heligan (9.1 km), Tintagel Castle (37 km).
Where are St Stephen’s historic buildings listed?
St Stephen has 23 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 Stephen 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)
- Eden Project: Jürgen Matern, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Truro Cathedral: tracey maclean, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tintagel Castle: Rawac, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Restormel Castle: Zaian at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pendennis Castle: Darren Shilson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trerice: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Mawes Castle: Claudiu Bichescu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Catherine's Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Cornwall Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caerhays Castle: Claudiu Bichescu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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