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Photo of St Michael's Mount, an island in Cornwall, south west England.

St Michael's MountPhoto Ruben Gregori / Unsplash

Places to explore near Penzance StationPenzance

73 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.Highlight

South West Coast Path

National Trail

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

0.1 km E · spans 4 counties

Photo of Penzance, a village in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Penzance

Village

Terminus town on Mount's Bay with a subtropical promenade, the restored Jubilee lido and gateway to Land's End and the Scillies.

0.4 km SW · Cornwall

Photo of Jubilee Pool, a lido near Penzance, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Jubilee Pool

Lido near Penzance

Art Deco seawater lido of 1935 on the rocks at Penzance, with a geothermally heated pool beside the big unheated one.

0.8 km S

Photo of the Cornwall National Landscape, a National Landscape in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Cornwall National Landscape

National Landscape near Padstow

The best of Cornwall's coast and moor, gathered into a dozen protected stretches around the county

1.5 km N

Photo of Newlyn, a village in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Newlyn

Village

Cornwall's largest fishing port on Mount's Bay, working harbour and art-colony history sitting side by side near Penzance.

2.1 km SW · Cornwall

Photo of St Michael's Mount, an island in Cornwall, south west England.Iconic

St Michael's Mount

Island near Marazion

Tidal island in Mount's Bay topped by the St Aubyns' castle and chapel, with a harbour village and terraced gardens below

3.8 km E

Photo of Marazion, a village in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Marazion

Village

Old market town on Mount's Bay linked to St Michael's Mount by a tidal cobbled causeway that appears at low water.

4 km E · Cornwall

Photo of Mousehole Rock Pool, a sea pool in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Mousehole Rock Pool

Sea pool · Lido near Mousehole

A big, shallow sea pool built by Mousehole villagers in the early 1970s on the shore below the village, facing St Clement's Isle.

4.1 km S

Photo of Mousehole, a village in Cornwall, south west England.Iconic

Mousehole

Village

Granite fishing village on Mount's Bay whose tiny harbour, wrapped by a curving stone breakwater, glows with lights each Christmas.

4.2 km S · Cornwall

Photo of 2 Fore Street Restaurant, a restaurant near Mousehole, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

2 Fore Street Restaurant

Restaurant near Mousehole

Harbourside bistro in one of Cornwall's prettiest fishing villages, a fixture of the South West's Trencherman's roll call.

4.3 km S

Photo of Chysauster Ancient Village, a prehistoric village near Zennor, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Chysauster Ancient Village

Prehistoric village near Zennor

Stone courtyard houses of an Iron Age and Roman farming village on a Penwith hillside.

4.5 km N

Photo of Lamorna Cove, a cove near Mousehole, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Lamorna Cove

Cove near Mousehole

Small granite-quarried cove in a wooded Penwith valley, long a haunt of painters and writers.

6.9 km S

Photo of Zennor, a village in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Zennor

Village

Wild moorland-and-cliff hamlet on the road to St Ives, with the mermaid-carved church of St Senara and the Gurnard's Head nearby.

7.9 km N · Cornwall

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.1 km E · spans 24 counties

Photo of The Turk's Head, a pub near Penzance, Cornwall, south west England.

The Turk's Head

Pub near Penzance

Reputedly Penzance's oldest pub, founded in the 13th century and said to hide a smugglers' tunnel to the harbour.

0.5 km S

Photo of Penzance, a swimming spot near Newlyn, Cornwall, south west England.

Penzance

Designated bathing water near Newlyn

A coastal swimming spot with excellent water quality.

0.8 km S

Polgoon Vineyard & Orchard

Vineyard near Penzance

Family vineyard and cider orchard on the edge of Penzance, offering year-round tours and a vine-house kitchen.

1.5 km W

Photo of The Tolcarne Inn, a pub near Newlyn, Cornwall, south west England.

The Tolcarne Inn

Pub near Newlyn

18th-century fishermen's tavern on the seafront at Newlyn, now a well-regarded seafood dining pub.

2 km SW

Penwith

Heritage Coast near Newlyn

A protected stretch of Heritage Coast in Cornwall.

3.3 km NW

Photo of Trengwainton Garden, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Newlyn, Cornwall, south west England.

Trengwainton Garden

House & garden near Newlyn

A sheltered garden of tender plants raised from the first Himalayan seed sent home.

3.3 km W

Photo of Trewidden Garden, a garden near Buryas Bridge, Cornwall, south west England.

Trewidden Garden

Garden near Buryas Bridge

Sheltered 15-acre woodland garden near Penzance, celebrated for its camellias, magnolias and a fern-filled former tin working.

3.5 km W

Photo of Marazion, a swimming spot near Penzance, Cornwall, south west England.

Marazion

Designated bathing water near Penzance

A coastal swimming spot with excellent water quality.

3.7 km E

Everything else within 10 km (51) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.