Penzance Bay
Penzance Bay is a bay in England, United Kingdom. Penzance Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet St Michael’s Mount, as well as near the village Long Rock.Places of Interest
Highlights include Penzance Railway Station and Newlyn Tidal Observatory.
Penzance Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Penzance railway station serves the town of Penzance in west Cornwall, England. It is the terminus of the Cornish Main Line and the southernmost railway station in Great Britain, situated at milepost 326.5 miles from London Paddington. Penzance Railway Station is situated 2 miles northwest of Penzance Bay.
Newlyn Tidal Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Newlyn Tidal Observatory is a grade II listed tide gauge hut on the South Pier in Newlyn, Cornwall in England. Measurements of sea level taken at the observatory between 1915 and 1921 were used to define the reference level, Ordnance Datum Newlyn, for height measurement on the British mainland. Newlyn Tidal Observatory is situated 2 miles west of Penzance Bay.
Penlee House
Museum
Penlee House is a museum and art gallery in the town of Penzance, Cornwall, home to many paintings by members of the Newlyn School, including The Rain It Raineth Every Day by Norman Garstin, School is Out by Elizabeth Forbes, Among the Missing by Walter Langley and On Paul Hill by Stanhope Forbes. Penlee House is situated 2 miles northwest of Penzance Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Michael’s Mount and Long Rock.
St Michael’s Mount
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Combe, CC BY 2.0.
St Michael's Mount is a tidal island in Mount's Bay near Penzance, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The island is a civil parish and is linked to the town of Marazion by a causeway of granite setts, passable between mid-tide and low water. St Michael’s Mount is situated 1½ miles northeast of Penzance Bay.
Long Rock
Village
Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
Long Rock is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately 1 mile east of Penzance and 1 mile west of Marazion in the civil parish of Ludgvan. Long Rock is situated 2 miles north of Penzance Bay.
Marazion
Photo: Chris Combe, CC BY 2.0.
Marazion is small coastal village near Penzance in West Cornwall. The tidal island of St Michael's Mount is half-a-mile offshore. At low water a causeway links it to the town and at high water passenger boats carry visitors between Marazion and St Michael's Mount.
Penzance Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.1° or 50° 6′ northLongitude
-5.5° or 5° 30′ westOpen location code
9C2P3GX2+X2GeoNames ID
3210567
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