MOUNT’S BAY & ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT
Mount’s Bay is the area from Lizard Point to Land’s End, including Porthleven, Marazion, Penzance, Newlyn, Mousehole, the iconic St Michael’s Mount, plus many other villages, coves and beaches.
Porthleven Providing golden beaches, shops, galleries, fishing trips, pleasure boats, eateries and pubs. Nearby is Penrose Estate, with its walking and cycling paths, large lake and pleasant woodlands and Praa Sands, renowned for its mile long beach.
Marazion Te gateway to St Michael’s Mount, this busy town boasts medieval pathways, sub-tropical gardens, a castle and galleries. Tere are clean sandy beaches and boats to hire for pleasure, fishing or organised trips.
Penzance Tis large market town has approximately thirty pubs, offering food, live music, quiz evenings and over four hundred retailers, an arcade, various eateries, entertainment and sporting activities. Tere are car and cycles to hire, a ferry service to the Isles of Scilly and bus services to all of West Cornwall and is the terminus of the national railway.
Home also to Chapel Street which is renowned for:
Maria Branwell’s House - once used by the famed Bronte Sisters.
Admiral Benbow Inn - of smuggling renown.
Turks Head Inn - with smugglers tunnels to the harbour.
Victorian Egyptian House & Te Union Hotel - where Lord Nelson’s death and victory at the battle of Trafalgar were announced.
Places of interest are the statue of Sir Humphry Davy, famed for the coal miner’s safety lamp, the Old Lifeboat House, Abbey Basin, the haunted Dolphin Inn, Jubilee Open Air Bathing Pool, St Anthony Gardens, St Mary’s Church and the site of the ancient 6th Century Chapel, Regent Square, Morrab Gardens, the Public Library, with its cannon outside and St John’s Hall where exhibitions and shows are held.
Tings to do in Penzance include boat trips for sightseeing or fishing, the Golowan Festival and Mazey
Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital
VISIT
Gallery in Penzance specialising inWest Cornwall’s artistic heritage, including the art of the Newlyn School
Open all year round Mondays to Saturdays
www.penleehouse.org.uk 14 Tel 01736 363625
Small and friendly gallery in pretty Millpool Courtyard
with gift shop and cafe next door Open 11–5 most days Mill Lane, Mousehole TR19 6RP
01736 732877
littlepicturegallery@gmail.com www.littlepicturesmousehole.co.uk www.facebook.com/LPGMousehole
Raginnis Hill TR19 6SR
FREE ENTRY Open:
10:00am to 4:30pm On site shop
Tel: 01736 731386 Reg Charity No. 272145
Day, a ten day extravaganza, Montol Festival, the Winter Solstice eve celebration, plus sailing events in the bay. Te Visitor Centre offers further details on events.
PENLEE HOUSE GALLERY & MUSEUM have a permanent collection of paintings, some from the renowned Newlyn School, and over 6000 years of West Cornwall history and local artefacts. There is a gift shop and a licensed café. For gallery display updates and purchasing information visit their website.
Porthleven
ST Michael’s Mount
Photo credit: Fuzzy Piggy
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