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The South West Coast Path enters and leaves Cornwall by the Devon coast hugging the whole of the beautiful Cornish coast, only brocken by the county's towns and villages. It offers particularly outstanding coastal walking through an ever changing landscape of picturesque coves, creeks and spectacular cliffs.
However far you plan to walk sturdy footwear and a basic first aid kit are advisable. Allow plenty of time, for coastal walking usually takes longer than you anticipate. Check local public transport times before setting out.
Cornwall Geological Museum
Entirely devoted to the Earth Sciences with stunning mineral and intriguing fossil displays. Witness the violent geological processes that have shaped our planets surface over the last four billion years. Plus unique gifts, educational material & books in our shop. |
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Trinity House National Lighthouse Centre
The job of the lighthouse keeper has gone, replaced by automation, but stories of the life are told through the items previously found in daily use, evident throughout the museum. The collection includes lamps, clocks, furniture, uniforms, fog-horns, engines and some major optics removed from lighthouses. Situated in the former buoy store, 300 metres from the harbour car park. |
| Easter to 31st October: Sunday to Friday, 10:30am - 4:30pm Adult: �3.00 Child: �1.00 Family: �6.00 Concessions: �2.00 OAP
| Trinity House, National Lighthouse Centre, Wharf Rd, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 4BN tel: 01736 3600077
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see also: WEST-COUNTRY MUSEUMS
see also: Museums in Cornwall
Deforestation of Cornwall and interruption of coal supplies from South Wales by the French privateers in time of war caused a shortage of fuel in the county. The traveller Celia Fiennes thus described her supper at Penzance as "boiling on a fire always supplied with a bush of furze, and that to be the only fuel to dress a joint of meat and broth".
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| | | OTHER PLACES | | A unique private museum opened in 1935, covering all aspects of life in Zennor and the surrounding area from 3,000 BC to the 1930s. Exhibits include Wate | 8.2 km NW | | Geevor Tin Mine Heritage Centre Pendeen, Penzance, Cornwall TR19 7EW The last working mine in West Penwith and now a mining museum, provides you with a unique opportunity to experience the history of this traditional Cornish industry. Geevor Tin Mine sits on the breath-taking West Penwith coast in an area rich with natural | 10 km NW | | This lonely lighthouse is set on one of the most dangerous and dramatic stretches of coastline in Britain. In the days of sailing ships and unsophisticated navigational equipment, many vessels foundered on the rocks, but today, thanks to the constant sour | 10 km NW | | The Levant Steam Engine Trewellard, Cornwall In its tiny engine house perched on the cliff edge, the famous Levant beam engine is steaming again after sixty idle years. The sight, sounds and smells of this 160-year-old engine conjure up the feel of Cornwall�s industrial past. Half a mile along the c | 10.3 km NW | | Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden Barnoon Hill St Ives, Cor Barbara Hepworths studio and garden have been run by the Tate since 1980, and are now an integral part of Tate St Ives. Hepworth, who died in 1975, asked in her will that Trewyn Studios and the adjacent garden, with a group of her | 10.8 km NE | | The St Ives Museum Wheal Dream, St Ives, Cornwall TR26 1PR This unique museum contains many varied collections relating to the life and times of the town and county; Art; Blacksmith; Boat Building; Cornish Kitchen; Crysede; Farming; Fire Brigade; Fishing; Flags; Geology; Hain Steamship Company; Lifeboat; Lighthou | 10.8 km NE | | Porthcurno Telegraph Museum Eastern House, Porthcurno, Penzance TR19 6JX Porthcurno was the site of the landfall of the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable in 1970. During World War II, the communications centre here was moved into bomb-proof underground tunnels. The former installation i | 12 km SW | | | | Camping Sites | | Noongallas Camp Site Gulval, Cornwall TR20 8YR | | 2.9 km NE | | Higher Chellew Touring Caravan & Camping Site Higher Trenowin, Nancledra, Cornwall TR20 8BD | | 5.2 km NW | | Penderleath Caravan & Camping Park Penderleath, Cornwall TR26 3AF | | 7.3 km NW | | Tower Park Caravans & Camping St Buryan, Cornwall TR19 6BZ | | 8.1 km SE | | Balnoon Camping Site Balnoon, Lelant, Cornwall TR26 3JB | | 8.2 km NW | | Polmanter Tourist Park Halsetown, Cornwall TR26 3LX | | 9 km NW | | Lower Treave Caravan & Camping Park Lower Treave, Crows -an - Wra, Cornwall TR19 6HZ | | 9.3 km SE | | Treverven Caravan & Camp Site Treverven Farm, St Buryan, Cornwall TR19 6DL | | 9.3 km SE | | Treen Campsite Rosmorgan Treen, St Levan, Cornwall TR19 6LF | | 10.8 km SE | | | | Hotels | | Longboat Hotel Market Jew St, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2HZ | | 0.1 km NW | | Abbey Hotel Abbey St, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 4AR | | 0.3 km S | | Union Hotel Chapel St, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 4AE | | 0.3 km SE | | Cliff Hotel Penrose Terrace, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2HH | | 0.3 km NW | | The Tarbert Hotel 11-12 Clarence St, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2NU | | 0.4 km E | | Fountain Tavern St Clare St, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2PD | | 0.4 km NE | | Mount Prospect Hotel Britons Hill, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 3AF | | 0.4 km NW | | | | Public Houses | | Lamp & Whistle Inn Leskinnick Place, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2EZ | | 0.1 km N | | The Crown Inn Victoria Square, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2EP | | 0.1 km NE | | The Peruvian Arms Mount St, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2EU | | 0.2 km N | | Flanagans 3 East Terrace, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2TD | | 0.2 km NW | | Star Inn Market Jew St, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2LD | | 0.2 km SE | | JD Wetherspoon 4-8 Market Place, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2JA | | 0.2 km SE | | Farmers Arms ayhead, Cornwall TR18 2ST | | 0.3 km NE | | The Regent Bar Chapel St, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 4AE | | 0.3 km SE | | Sir Humphry Davy 32 Alverton St, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2QN | | 0.3 km SE | | The Globe & Ale House Queen St, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 4BJ | | 0.3 km SE | | The Old Smithy 3 Parade St, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 4BU | | 0.3 km SE | | | | Video Sales & Hire | | Penwith Video Library Taroveor Rd, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2BH | | 0.3 km NE | | Mounts Bay Video Shop 26 Fore St, Newlyn, Cornwall TR18 5JW | | 2.1 km SE | | Foremost Video Shop 37 Fore St, St Just, Cornwall TR19 7LJ | | 10.4 km NE | | Video View Foundry House, Foundry Square, Hayle, Cornwall TR27 4HH | | 10.7 km NW | | Moviola 3-4 Tregenna Hill, St Ives, Cornwall TR26 1SE | | 10.7 km NW | | BK Videos Unit 8, Pratts Market, Chapel Terrace, Cornwall TR27 4AB | | 10.8 km NW | | Videcomm Video 18 Chapel St, St Ives, Cornwall TR26 2LR | | 10.8 km NW | | Videcomm Video 7 Market Square, Hayle, Cornwall TR27 4EA | | 12 km NW |
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