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Places worth the detour in Penzance

21 places worth going out of your way for lie within 8 km of Penzance, United Kingdom, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (20). Best known: St Michael's Mount. 19 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Archaeological20 Nature1
Within 8 km
21
Oldest
Carn Euny 199 BC
Little known
19 of 21
Most from
1st century BC

All 21, ranked 21

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

Within reach of Penzance

Plymouth · 103 km22 Paignton · 145 km21

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Penzance?

21 places within 8 km: 20 archaeological & historic sites and 1 nature & landscapes. The best known is St Michael's Mount.

Is there anything near Penzance that most visitors miss?

19 of these 21 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Penzance?

Carn Euny, dated to 199 BC.

How is the 8 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Penzance, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.