Penzance Library
Penzance Library is a library in Penzance, West Cornwall, England. Penzance Library is situated nearby to the public building St John’s Hall, as well as near Penzance Town Hall.Photo: Libraries Team, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Library
- Description: public library in Cornwall, England
- Also known as: “Penzance Public Library”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St John’s Hall and Penlee House.
St John’s Hall
Public building
Photo: Gazamp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St John's Hall, formerly known as the Public Buildings, Penzance, is a municipal building in Alverton Street, Penzance, Cornwall, England. The structure, which was the headquarters of Penzance Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
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 770 feet south of Penzance Library.
Savoy Cinema
Movie theater
Photo: Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Savoy Cinema is a movie theater, which is situated 530 feet northeast of Penzance Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wherrytown and Heamoor.
Wherrytown
Suburb
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wherrytown is a small settlement in west Cornwall, United Kingdom, on the east side of the Laregan River, between Newlyn and Penzance. It was formerly in the civil parish of Madron and was incorporated into the Borough of Penzance in 1934 when local government was reorganised.
Heamoor
Village
Photo: Jowaninpensans, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Heamoor is a village in Cornwall, England. Formerly a secondary settlement of the village of Madron, Heamoor is situated approximately one-and-a half kilometres northwest of Penzance town centre.
Newlyn
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Newlyn is a fishing village in West Cornwall, a mile or two south of Penzance. The mediaeval quay, beloved of the Newlyn School painters, still exists and there are many charming cottages and narrow lanes to explore.
Penzance Library
- Categories: public library and education
- Location: Penzance, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.1186° or 50° 7′ 7″ northLongitude
-5.54015° or 5° 32′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C2P4F95+CWOpenStreetMap ID
node 2241904277OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryWikidata ID
Q54879181
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