A Walk Through Penzance Railway Station, Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
The station was opened by the West Cornwall Railway on 11 March 1852 as the terminus of its line from Redruth. Perhaps prompted by a serious fire in 1876 which destroyed the goods shed the wooden station was replaced by the current buildings in 1879 which were designed by the architect, William Lancaster Owen. The new platforms were used for the first time on 18 November 1879] However, the new station suffered from teething problems, as by 1880 it was reported that some settlement in the masonry and shrinkage of the iron in the roof had caused several sheets of the glazing to break.
Further alterations were made in 1937 and again in 1983 when new a ticket office and buffet were opened.
The blocked-up archway in the wall that retains the hillside behind the platforms was used by the railway as a coal store. Freight traffic, especially the busy fish trade, was handled in the former goods yard, where cars are now parked, adjacent to the bus station. An engine shed was also situated here before being moved to the opposite side of the line near the end of the retaining wall. It has since been replaced by the new Penzance TMD outside the station at Long Rock.
From 1996, South West Trains operated a weekly weekend service from London Waterloo as an extension of its service to Exeter St Davids. This ceased in December 2009.
In 2012/13 the station's roof was refurbished.
Penzance is both the southernmost station on the National Rail network and the westernmost station in England (although not Great Britain as some stations in Scotland are further west. The station, like all others in Cornwall, is operated by Great Western Railway.
Platforms 1, 2 and 3 are within the main train shed; Platform 4 on the south side is in the open air. A large stone at the end of this platform welcomes people to Penzance in both English and Cornish. This side of the station is built on the sea wall near the harbour; the other side is cut into the hillside.
Penzance Cornwall England 2015
PENZANCE CORNWALL ENGLAND April 2015. Penzance is as far South as the rail can travel. It is an ideal town to be based to explore the nearby towns of St Ives, St Just, Lands End and many more beautiful sights.
madron to penzance
A ten minute top deck bus ride from the little village of Madron to Penzance in Cornwall, UK. I chat about life in Cornwall, the Mother Deity and point out sights along the way.
A Walk Down The Penzance Promenade and Seafront Walk
Penzance Promenade stretches the seafront between the Jubilee Pool at the Eastern end and Newlyn to the West. With views spanning Mounts Bay it's the idyllic place to take a stroll on a sunny summers day.
The Promenade was constructed in stages during the 1800's with the Western end finished in 1893.
During it's life the prom has played an integral part of leisure time in Penzance. The seafront was the centre of nightlife with the Winter Gardens and the Queens Taverns being the hottest nights out in their time.
In 1905 a new bandstand was built on the Promenade opposite the Queen's Hotel, and the Pavilion Theatre opened nearby in 1911, complete with a roof garden and cafe. The theatre has since become an arcade and restaurant.
Today, the seafront has two children's play parks, basket ball courts, a bowling green, an arcade and a smattering of restaurants and cafes.
Penzance, Cornwall
Penzance, or Pensans to give it its Cornish name, is a major Cornish town located at the start of the Penwith peninsula and beside the coast. Penzance is located next to Newlyn, one of the largest fishing ports in Britain.
Penzance is located in Mount's Bay, a large bay between the Penwith and Lizard peninsulas. It is the first and last train stop in the UK and the last major town.
The town was granted a number of royal charters from 1512, however the town was incorporated on 9th May 1614. In the 2011 census, Penzance had a population of 21,200.
The name Penzance derives from its Cornish name, Pensans, which means 'holy headland'. There was once a chapel here, dedicated to St Anthony, around where Penzance Harbour now is however that chapel has been long gone.
The first recording of inhabitants in Penzance is during the Bronze Age, approximately 3,000 years ago, and a number of Bronze Age artefacts have been found in the town, especially in the Alverton area. During the Iron Age, an iron age round called Lescudjack Castle was built. This is located at the end of a housing estate and, although partly destroyed, it is still very much visible as an Iron Age round.
One of Penzance's most famous children is Sir Humphry Davy, the inventor of the miners safety lamp and Nitrous Oxide, which he named 'Laughing Gas' after it made him laugh when experimenting with it. He also isolated for the first time ever the elements of Potassium, Sodium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Magnesium, Boron and discovering the elemental nature of Chlorine and Iodine, which shaped Science forever.
Penzance's town centre consists mainly on six streets. These six streets are Market Jew Street, The Greenmarket, Causewayhead, Alverton Street, Chapel Street and Wharf Road. There is also a shopping centre here called Wharfside Shopping Centre which is used to get from the car park by Penzance Harbour to the town centre.
Penzance is made up of two parishes, St Mary's and St John's, with the majority of the town being part of St Mary's parish, which is associated with St Mary's Church, the largest church.
Penzance has one beach, Wherrytown Beach, which is a rocky beach situated between the town and Newlyn. There is also another beach which comes at low tide by Battery Rocks, however this is very stony.
Penzance is one of Cornwall's largest towns and is approximately 2 miles long by 1.4 miles wide.
Great Western Railway First Class London Paddington - Penzance
Travelling with train 1C84 at 14:00 from London Paddington to Penzance in Cornwall in First Class; HST high speed trainset 43131 train calls at Reading, Taunton, Exeter St Davids, Plymouth, Truro, and St Erth
BBC Turn Back Time Penzance
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A Trip To Penzance. Southwest England.
After spending nearly 3 years in Asia, it was time for a trip back to the motherland.
I should of went in summer.. doh.
Famous for its Pirates, Pasties, and Scrumpy Cider, Penzance is a historic port on the south facing shores of Mount’s Bay and has one of the mildest climates in the UK.
This quirky place is the most westerly town of significance in the UK, just 10 miles from Land’s End.
Penzance is famous for its old port, market, characterful pubs and for the mysterious grounds of St Michaels Mount which stands in the lush blue waters of Mounts Bay.
FACTS.
The word Penzance comes from the Cornish “pen sans” which means “holy headland”. Over a thousand years ago a chapel stood on the headland west of the harbour, giving the town its name.
The town’s most famous resident was chemist Sir Humphry Davy whose statue can be seen at the top of Market Jew Street. He invented the miner’s safety lamp (Davy lamp) among many other achievements.
Penzance hosts the unique Golowan Festival and Mazey Day celebrations each June. This pagan Celtic festival celebrates midsummer with bonfires, drunkenness and a highly unusual parade of colourful giants!
The Dolphin Inn, Penzance is thought to be the first place in Britain where tobacco was smoked. The inn accommodated Sir John Hawkins who first brought tobacco to England in 1564.
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Jubilee Pool Penzance Cornwall
Jubilee Pool is one of the most popular attractions in Penzance Cornwall. We have helped many families to find their dream homes in their ideal locations. We know how to make the process easy.
Penzance Place Identity
A film for one of my modules for my Masters in Spatial Planning at Oxford Brookes University.
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Penzance Cornwall England
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Make Your Intent Clear - Episode 1, Day 1 - Penzance to St. Ives
It's Sunday 7th May 2017 - the first day of All The Stations! Vicki & Geoff travel up to St Ives, looks around the beautiful Cornish sea side town, also stopping at Lelant Salting, and request stop Lelant, and discover an amazing piece of railway history at St Erth station.
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ROUTE: Penzance, St. Erth, St. Ives, Lelant, St. Erth, Penzance
Penzance, Cornwall
4th July 2014
We enjoyed walking around Penzance, which we could not get to yesterday because of a bus not turning up. Lunch was Cornish pasties.
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Woodstock Guest House, Penzance
Woodstock Guest House, 29 Morrab Road, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4EZ, England
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Places to see in ( Penzance - UK )
Places to see in ( Penzance - UK )
Penzance is a town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, in England, United Kingdom. Penzance is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is about 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London. Situated in the shelter of Mount's Bay, the town of Penzance faces south-east onto the English Channel, is bordered to the west by the fishing port of Newlyn, to the north by the civil parish of Madron and to the east by the civil parish of Ludgvan. The civil parish includes the town of Newlyn and the villages of Mousehole, Paul, Gulval and Heamoor.
The A30 from London to Land’s End is a trunk road as far as the Chy-an-Mor roundabout, a mile (1.6 km) to the east of Penzance. After bypassing Penzance to the north the road continues to Land’s End mainly as a rural A route. The distance from Penzance to London is 275 miles (443 km) or about 5 hours by car. Penzance railway station is at the eastern end of Market Jew Street and close to the harbour. It is the southernmost station on the UK mainland rail network. It is the western terminus of the Cornish Main Line which runs above the beach to Marazion, affording passengers good views of St. Michael's Mount and Mount's Bay. A ferry service operates between Penzance Harbour and the Isles of Scilly. The Scillonian III, carries both foot-passengers and cargo. Sailing time is about 2 hours and 40 minutes. For 49 years, Penzance Heliport had a helicopter route to the Isles of Scilly run by British International.
Large sections of Penzance are classified as ″conservation areas″ under the Penwith local plan and are subject to special planning laws. The current conservation area forms most of the core of the town of Penzance and the historic harbour areas of Newlyn and Mousehole. Penzance's former main street Chapel Street has a number of interesting features, including the Egyptian House, the Union Hotel (including a Georgian theatre which is no longer in use) and Branwell House, where the mother and aunt of the famous Brontë sisters once lived.
Also of interest is the seafront with its promenade and the open-air seawater Jubilee Bathing Pool (one of the oldest surviving Art Deco swimming baths in the country), built during Penzance's heyday as a fashionable seaside resort. Penzance promenade has been destroyed in parts several times by storms. The most recent example was on 7 March 1962 (Ash Wednesday), when large parts of the western end of the promenade, the nearby Bedford Bolitho Gardens (now a play park) and the village of Wherrytown suffered severe damage.
Alot to see in ( Penzance - UK ) such as :
Penlee House
Lizard Point, Cornwall
Lescudjack Hill Fort
The Loe
Lizard Lighthouse
St Michael's Mount
Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens
Mên-an-Tol
Mount's Bay
Trengwainton Garden
Carn Euny
Trewidden Garden
Lanyon Quoit
Chysauster Ancient Village
Merry Maidens (stone circle)
Tater Du Lighthouse
Lamorna Cove Beach
Boscawen-un Stone Circle
Minack Theatre
( Penzance - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Penzance . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Penzance - UK
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Morrab garden, Penzance
This video is of Morrab garden in Penzance, Cornwall, UK. The garden is a sub-tropical garden and is always open. It is free to get in and when you go in first you might find a lot of people but soon everyone goes away from each other and you might even be left by yourself in one part of the garden. This is the main garden for Penzance.
Divina De Campo performs 'Poor Wandering One' - The Voice UK 2016: Blind Auditions 2
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PENZANCE AND MOUSEHOLE. Cornwall Adventure. Part 1
PENZANCE AND MOUSEHOLE. Cornwall Adventure. Part 1
A short video about Penzance and Mousehole.
After 5 hours train ride from London to Penzance I stayed here for 3 nights exploring surrounding area around Penzance but hardly spent any time in Penzance itself.
St Michael's Mount next week.
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