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
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Places to see in ( St Just - UK )
Places to see in ( St Just - UK )
St Just is a town and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to the A30 road. The parish encompasses the town of St Just and the nearby settlements of Trewellard, Pendeen and Kelynack: it is bounded by the parishes of Morvah to the north-east, Sancreed and Madron to the east, St Buryan and Sennen to the south and by the sea in the west.
The town of St Just is the most westerly town in mainland Britain and is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of Penzance along the A3071. St Just parish, which includes Pendeen and the surrounding area. St Just lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. St Just is one of only two towns included within the Cornwall AONB.
The identity of Saint Just is not known. Cornwall's long resistance to the edicts of Canterbury and Rome makes it most unlikely that the saint was Archbishop Justus of Canterbury, as some sources claim.[citation needed] Another possibility is the 6th- or 7th-century Saint Iestyn, said to be the son of a ruler of Dumnonia.
Among the prehistoric antiquities nearby is Ballowall Barrow, a chambered tomb. St Just is one of the most ancient mining districts in Cornwall, and remains of ancient pre-industrial and more modern mining activity have had a considerable impact on the nearby landscape.
The parish church of St Just is a fine 15th-century building. In 1336 the church was rebuilt and dedicated by John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter; however only the chancel of this church survives and the nave and aisles are 15th-century in date. There are two Methodist chapels. St Just is the home of Cape Cornwall School which also serves Sennen, Sancreed, Pendeen, St Buryan and other places in the district.
St Just is home to the popular Lafrowda festival a seven-day community and arts celebration usually held in Mid July. A more ancient celebration associated with the town is St Just Feast which is held every year to celebrate the dedication of the parish church in 13 July 1336. Feast celebrations were moved to the Sunday nearest to All Saints' Day in 1536 following an Act of Henry VIII which means it usually take place at the end of October / beginning of November. Feast itself is a two-day event with a church service and civic procession being held on Feast Sunday and a larger scale popular celebration being held on Feast Monday (which includes a meeting of the Western Hunt). A description of St Just Feast
St Just also has a 'Plen an Gwarry' (Cornish for playing place), locally pronounced 'Plain an Gwarry'. These sites were used historically for open-air performance, entertainment and instruction. St Just's Plen an Gwarry occasionally hosts productions of the Cornish Ordinalia mystery plays. St Just has a healthy artistic scene, including the painter Kurt Jackson who has made several television appearances. Contemporary singer and comedian Jethro from nearby St Buryan played for St Just Rugby Club and has recorded a song entitled St Just.
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Cornwall: A Photo Tour Promotion
The Duchy of Cornwall, a peninsula jutting out into the mighty Atlantic Ocean in the far south west of Britain, is the setting for the TV blockbuster series, 'Poldark'. With its rugged cliffs, golden sandy beaches and pretty fishing villages, Cornwall has some of the best coastline in Europe, and the quality of the light here attracted many top artists in the early-twentieth century, giving rise to the famous St Ives School.
The Penwith area contains more ancient monuments and sites than any other place in Britain. This is one of the longest consecutively settled landscapes in the world, where Neolithic megaliths, Bronze Age field systems, Iron Age hill forts and Celtic holy wells, are sited cheek by jowl with medieval farmsteads and abandoned tin and copper mines.
Indeed, Cornwall was at the very vanguard of the British Industrial Revolution, producing the majority of its tin and copper, and its iconic engine houses and other industrial buildings now form part of the UNESCO Cornish Mining World Heritage Site.
With its mild climate due to the Gulf Stream, spring in Cornwall is especially delightful, as a dazzling display of wild flowers pepper the cliff tops, moors and valleys.
Visit our website purplepeakadventures.com to book your place on an unforgettable spring photo tour of Poldark Country!
Music: Royalty free track 'Creative Minds' courtesy of Bensound.com
Locations featured in this film include Godrevy Lighthouse, Sennen Cove, Porthcurno, Pednvounder, Penberth Cove, Porthgwarra, Porth Nanven, Lanyon Quoit, Mên-an-Tol, Chûn Quoit, Madron Well, St Michael's Mount, Ding Dong Mine, Botallack Mine, Wheal Coates, Wheal Owles and Enys Dodnan.
Cornwall: A Celtic Heritage
Cornwall boasts a dramatic history shrouded in mystery and legend. These events of the past have been played out on one of the most picturesque landscapes in Britain. This programme looks back at the history of Cornwall and its people, tracing their roots and discovering what sets them apart from others. They also talk about the evocative Celtic atmosphere which has inspired countless poems, books and films.
More than a holiday destination, Cornwall is a land apart; and this documentary takes you there; touring the rugged cliffs, granite rock formations and crumbling tin mines.
Portmeor ancient village in West Cornwall UK.
#TourCornwallUK with #Alvajoan and visit this poorly signposted ancient village where mining once lived. A collapsed fogou where creeps still stand is clearly visible and the village only a stonethrow from the Atlantic coastline ...
Carey Family Tree-Tour of Cornwall including the coast, ancient monuments, local life, and scenery
This is a tour of the area around Penzance in Cornwall, England. It includes the blue waters and quaint villages along the coast, the ancient monuments, and even a herd of cattle crossing the road.
St Just Church Penwith Cornwall England 2015
St Just Cornwall April 5, 2015. A visit to this Church which built in the 15th century was made on Easter Sunday, 2015. It is located 8 miles west of Penzance and can be easily visited by Bus .(Wikipedia)
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape is a World Heritage Site which includes select mining landscapes in Cornwall and West Devon in the south west of England
St Clether chapel and Holy well
This video is of St Clether chapel and holy well. You can only get there by walking from St Clether church. The chapel is by itself in a very nice green part of Bodmin moor. There is a chapel (a new roof was put on in 2010) which is ancient with an ancient well next to it. They are both always open. The church of St Clether is open between 10:00-5:00 every day and while you are there you should have a look at that. To here the piano being played in St Clether church go on to the web link below:
O.P. - Spaces & Places
This little film was prepared for an exhibition by Olga Plastira, a Greek sculptress who chiefly works in marble on the island of Naxos. Olga often focuses on female form and manages to intergrate aspects of prehistoric Greek Cycladic imagery. Olga was born in Chalkis, Euboea, but came to Naxos for its type of marble. Her stonework is sometimes on a large scale, and since marble is heavy, she sometimes needs a crane to move her pieces! Her drawings and sketches, also unique, can by contrast be very small. The original film (previously posted on YouTube) combined images from two past shows she has had - one on Naxos and one in Athens. It has since been updated to include images from a roadtrip she made in Britain where she explored British prehistoric sacred sites/dolmens like Stonehenge in Wiltshire or The Merry Maidens in Cornwall, as well as the much more contemporary Hepworth Gardens in St Ives.
For more information about Olga and her art, including imagery of her latest work, see: