Penzance

Penzance is the most south-westerly town in West Cornwall. Famous for its association with the Gilbert and Sullivan opera The Pirates of Penzance, the town is an ideal base for exploring the Penwith area of Cornwall.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Penzance Railway Station and Newlyn Tidal Observatory.

Railway station
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serves the town of in west , England. It is the terminus of the Cornish Main Line and the southernmost railway station in , situated at milepost 326.5 miles from .

Observatory
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is a grade II listed tide gauge hut on the South Pier in 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.

Museum
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is a and art gallery in the town of Penzance, , 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newlyn and Madron and Sancreed.

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is a fishing village in West Cornwall, a mile or two south of Penzance. The mediaeval quay, beloved of the School painters, still exists and there are many charming cottages and narrow lanes to explore.

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are the two landlocked parishes on the Penwith peninsula in West Cornwall.

Penzance

Latitude
50.1212° or 50° 7′ 16″ north
Longitude
-5.5369° or 5° 32′ 13″ west
Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)
Open location code
9C2P4FC7+F6
Geo­Names ID
7294638
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Ukrainian—“Penzance” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Pennsans”
  • Bulgarian: “Пензанс”
  • Burmese: “ပင်န်ဇန့်မြို့”
  • Chinese: “彭赞斯”
  • Cornish: “Pennsans”
  • Greek: “Πενζάνς”
  • Irish: “Pen Sans”
  • Japanese: “ペンザンス”
  • Korean: “펜잰스”
  • Lithuanian: “Penzansas”
  • Manx: “Pen Sans”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pennsans”
  • Ossetian: “Пензанс”
  • Persian: “پنزانس”
  • Russian: “Пензанс”
  • Ukrainian: “Пензанс”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wharfside Shopping Centre and Penzance Bus Station.

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