Area – Sennen Cove & Cornwall Maps

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Walks and Rambles

The South West Way, the longest coastal path in Britain, passes through Sennen Cove, with Land’s End and Porthcurno to the South and Cape Cornwall to the North.

Beaches, Coves, Towns and Villages

• Cot Valley – on the way to St Just
• Cape Cornwall
• Hayle
• Land’s End
• Lamorna Woodlands and Cove
• Mousehole
• Nanjizal (Mill Bay)
• Marazion and St Michael’s Mount
• Newlyn
• Penberth Cove
• Penzance
• Porthcurno
• Pedn Vounder
• Porthgwarra
• Praa Sands
• Prussia Cove
• St Ives / Carbis Bay
• St Just
• Zennor

Pub, Restaurants, Cafés and takeaways

• The Old Success, Sennen Cove.
• Sennen Beach Café/Restaurant
• Blue Lagoon Restaurant, Sennen Cove
• Cafés, Sennen Cove
• The First and Last Inn, Sennen Village (5 mins drive)
• The Star, St Just (15 mins drive)
• Chinese takeaway (Red Star), St Just (15 mins drive)
• Penlee House, Penlee Park, Penzance (20 mins drive)

Attractions and Gardens

• The Eden Project, St Austell
• Heligan, famous gardens, near Mevagissey
• Morrab Gardens, Penzance
• Penlee Memorial Gardens and Museum, Penzance
• Bolitho Gardens, between Penzance and Newlyn
• Trengwainton Garden, Penzance
• Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Gweek (lots of seals and seal pups)
• Flambards Village & Theme Park, Helston
• Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen
• Poldark Mine, Helston
• Land’s End
• St Michael’s Mount

Theatres

• Minack Theatre, Porthcurno less than 7 miles from the Sennen Cove on the south side of the peninsula is the world famous open air Minack Theatre. It is in dramatic surroundings being set on the side of a cliff overlooking the sea. Performances are held throughout the summer months.
• Acorn Theatre, Penzance

Museums and Gallerys

• Tate Gallery in St. Ives
• Roundhouse Sennen Cove
• Rainy Day Gallery, Market Jew Street, Penzance
• The Exchange Gallery. Princes Street, Penzance
• The Lighthouse Gallery, The Causeway, Penzance
• Penlee House Gallery & Museum (also good Restaurant & Coffee Bar), Penzance
• Newlyn Art Gallery, New Road, Newlyn
• Badcock’s Gallery, Newlyn
• Several galleries in St Just including Great Atlantic Gallery
• Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno
• Barbara Hepworth Museum, Barnoon Hill, St. Ives (studio and gardens of the world famous sculptor)
• Leach Pottery, Higher Stennack, St. Ives (newly restored and reopened)
• Penlee House & District Museum, Penlee Park, Penzance
  Archaeology and history of West Cornwall
• Wayside Folk Museum and Mill, Zennor

Ancient Monuments and Mystical Sites

This area of Cornwall is rich in folklore and contains many ancient stone circles, standing stones, hill forts etc.

• The Merry Maidens Stone Circle
• Mên-An-Tol Holed Stone
• Mên Scryfa
• Bosiliack Barrow
• Boscawen-un Stone Circle
• Boskednan Stone Circle – The Nine Maidens
• Busullow Iron age Village
• Chûn Quoit
• Carn Euny Village (explore the fogou!)
• Chûn Castle Hill-fort
• Chysauster Iron Age Ancient Village (explore the fogou!)
• Lanyon Quoit
• Maen Cliff Castle
• Sancreed Holy Well
• Tregeseal Stone Circle

There are many others to be discovered. We recommend ‘Journey to the Stones’ by Ian Cooke.

The Isles of Scilly

Fly to the Scilly Isles from Lands End Aerodrome, near St Just, or sail by Scillonian ferry from Penzance. The Land’s End Aerodrome sometimes teams up with the ferry and they often do special day
trip deals advertised in the Cornishman newspaper.

For more infomation visit the
Isles of Scilly Travel Website (External link)

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