Penzance

  Penzance (Cornish: Pennsans) is the most south-westerly town in Cornwall. Famous for its association with the Gilbert and Sullivan opera (now often played as a musical) The Pirates of Penzance and the town is an ideal base for adventuring the Penwith area of Cornwall. It is increasingly attracting those interested in cultural tourism due to its long association with the arts.

Penzance is the main link with the Isles of Scilly via the spring and summer-only ferry.

The Egyptian House, Chapel Street, Penzance - - 133423 - The Egyptian House, Chapel St

Travel to Penzance

Buy a Flight ticket to and from Penzance

Cornwall Newquay Airport GPS 50.440833,-4.995278 (IATA Flight Code: NQY) has Flights from London (Gatwick & Stanstead), Dublin, Leeds Bradford, Bristol, Manchester and Cardiff. It's about 30 miles away from Penzance by A3075 and A30, reckon 45 mins by car. Its two disadvantages are i) most flights are summer only; ii) public transport is tricky as first you have to get the bus into Newquay (last bus around 18:30) and then rely on an infrequent bus or branch-line train for connections to Penzance.

Exeter Airport (IATA Flight Code: EXT) is further but may be a simpler option. It has more flights year-round and the airport bus runs until 22:00, and mainline trains run hourly from Exeter to Penzance.

There are Flights to the Isles of Scilly from Land's End Airport GPS 50.102778 ,-5.670556}} (IATA Flight Code: LEQ) at Street Just TR19 7RL, 6 miles west of Penzance. Flights operate year-round Monday to Sat and in summer are every 30 mins; flight time is just 15 mins so daytrips are feasible. The "Skybus" aircraft are small fixed-wing twin-props (eg Twin Otter or BNF Islander) so your total baggage limit is only 15 kg, and flights can be grounded by weather that wouldn't bother an Airbus or 737. There's also a helicopter service, using a 10-seater AW169. Adult fare is from £80 each way, day-trip £120 by "Skybus" and from £120 each way, day-trip £220 by helicopter. (For other transport routes, see Isles of Scilly "Get in".) A bus runs hourly between Penzance train station and the airport to connect with flights: 20 mins, £6 each way, book it along with your flight. By vehicle follow A30 then B3306, long-stay parking is available.

There are plans for a new helipad just outside Penzance, to run helicopters year-round to Street Mary's and Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, including on Sundays. This is intended to start service in 2019 but at present is not confirmed.

By Rail

Direct trains run to Penzance from London Paddington (8 daily, 5 hours), Exeter (8 daily, 2 hours) and Plymouth (England) | Plymouth (15 daily, 2 hours). There are frequent connections to Bristol (4 hours), Birmingham (5 hours) and the north, with one direct service to Sheffield, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

There is also an overnight sleeper train, The Night Riviera. This runs Sunday to Friday from London Paddington around 23:30, reaching Penzance by 08:00 (on Sunday by 09:00 Mon). The return train leaves Penzance around 21:30 (Sunday - F) to reach Paddington at 05:00; you can stay aboard until 07:00. Book via Great Western (www.gwr.com), with airline seats, or single or double sleeper cabins available.

Other nearby destinations along the main line, served by hourly trains between Penzance and Plymouth, are Street Erth (for Street Ives), Street Austell (for Eden Project), Par (for Newquay), and Bodmin. See National Rail for times and fares; advance booking is usually much cheaper. A Ride Cornwall Ranger is good value for local travel. It allows unlimited off-peak travel within Cornwall, and between Cornwall and Plymouth, by all trains and most buses. "Off-peak" means Monday to Friday after 09:00, and all day Saturday Sunday & holidays. An adult day-ticket is £13, children and concessions around £10. Penzance train station GPS 50.12226,-5.53223 is at the bottom end of town by the bus station, and a short walk from the ferry terminal. There's not much within the station, but cafes and other facilities in town nearby.

By coach

Scillonian ferry leaving Penzance on a sunny day - Scillonian ferry leaving Penzance on a sunny day|Scillonian ferry leaving Penzance, viewed from Battery Rocks

National Express coach NX404 runs overnight from London Victoria (8 hrs) via Heathrow Airport, Bath, Bristol Airport, Exeter, Torquay and Plymouth. NX315 runs daily along the south coast from Eastbourne via Brighton, Portsmouth, Southampton, Eastbourne, Exeter and Plymouth.

First Kernow bus T1 runs every 30 mins between Penzance and Truro (1 hours 45 min), via Street Erth, Hayle, Camborne, and Redruth. Change at Truro for Newquay, Street Austell and Bodmin. Reaching Plymouth and Exeter by bus is not worth the bother, take the train.

By car

Penzance is a 5- to 6-hour drive from London via M4, M5, and A30. It's a long way and at some point you'll need to refuel. Don't be paying motorway prices and there's supermarket petrol at (amongst others) M5 jcn 28 (Cullompton Tesco), A30 Bodmin (Asda, Launceston Road Bodmin) and A30 Penzance (Tesco).

Book a Halal Cruise or Boat Tour in Penzance

A ferry plies between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly, daily from mid-March to October. The ferry ( Scillonian III]) leaves Penzance around 09:00 to reach the main island of Street Mary's at noon; it returns at 16:30 for 19:15. Only foot passengers are carried. Day-trips allow enough time to visit Tresco, where the Abbey Gardens are the islands' main draw. Booking strongly recommended, and see Isles of Scilly: "Get in" for other ferry practicalities.

For long-stay parking in Penzance while you visit the islands, check Islesofscilly-travel for options, which include:

• For a day-trip and the Council-run long-stay vehicle parks at the Harbour and Street Anthony's Gardens charge £8 for 24 hours. They're pay & display so you can't use them for longer stays.
• IOS Parking and Scilly Parking are two firms offering secure long-stay parking, both near the harbour and off-site with shuttle transfer. They're about £5 per day.

How to get around in Penzance

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Walking is the best way to get around town in Penzance. Newlyn, Mousehole and Street Michael's Mount are within hiking distance for healthy adults, but use the bus for those places if there are children, luggage or dodgy knees / hips involved. Take the bus for:

• Land's End: bus A1 hourly via Newlyn, Lamorna and Porthcurno, one hour, from 7 am to 6 pm.
• St Ives: bus A2 hourly via Marazion, Street Erth and Lelant, 45 mins, from 9 am to 10 pm.

(Bus A3 runs hourly between Street Ives and Land's End along the B3306 via Street Just, Pendeen and Zennor, but doesn't serve Penzance.)

These "A"-buses, operated by First Kernow, are blue open-top double-deckers in summer. For bus travel plus rail, a good deal is the Ride Cornwall Ranger (adult £13) described above. For bus only, buy a Day Rider for £12 (child £6) from the Bus Station or from the driver on boarding - contactless bank cards accepted. Bus drivers also issue Ride Cornwall Rangers, but only for full price, go to the station for concessions.

What to see in Penzance

Penzance is a fine example of a Cornish granite working town. It's not tourist like Street Ives, so there's space to enjoy its 18th/19th C architecture, harbour and sea views. Grand buildings grace Chapel Street, Regent Plaza, Morrab Place, Market Jew Street and Alverton Street; and then there's the wacky Egyptian House on Chapel Street. The harbour area is busy with small fishing vessels and pleasure craft, and passenger and freight ships sail to the Isles of Scilly. The promenade, built in the 1840s, stretches all the way to Newlyn. Along it admire the cool white Art Deco of the Jubilee Pool, and the tumult of waves breaking at Battery Rocks.

• Penlee House Gallery & Museum - Morrab Road, TR18 4HE 50.116389, -5.541111 ☎ +44 1736 363625 | Opening Hours: April - Oct Monday - Saturday 10:00-17:00, November - Mar Monday - Saturday 10:00-16:30 Adults £5, concs £4, under 18s free Penlee House Penlee House 2 - The Newlyn School was an art colony based in nearby Newlyn from the 1880s to the early 20th C. They sought naturalistic scenes of fishing and harbour life and their leaders being Stanhope Forbes and Walter Langley. Penlee House is a Victorian mansion adapted to showcase their work. Though the "School" no longer exists as an art movement, Newlyn continues to inspire art - see that page for classes and its own gallery.

• Morrab Gardens - TR18 4DA 50.116, -5.537 in the centre of town Opening Hours: Dawn until dusk Free Morrab Gardens - A fine example of a sub-tropical public garden, opened in 1889. "Morreb" is Cornish for "besides the sea".

• Chysauster Ancient Village | Newmill, Penzance, Cornwall, TR20 8XA 50.161585, -5.539743 Newmill, 4 miles north of Penzance ☎ +44 7831 757934 | Opening Hours: 10AM Monday - 5PM adults £4.60, children £2.80, concessions £4.10 A village was made up of stone-walled homesteads known as 'courtyard houses', found only on the Land's End peninsula and the Isles of Scilly, dating from 100BC-300AD. Chysauster Chysauster Ancient Village

• Street Michael's Mount - Marazion 50.1173, -5.4776 2.5 hour walk east of Penzance Opening Hours: Sunday - F, closed Saturday For castle/garden/both: adult £9.50/7.00/14.00; child £4.50/3.50/6.50; 2 adults & 3 children: £23.50/n.a./34; 2 adult & 3 children: £14.00/n.a./20.50 Street Michael's Mount Street michaels mount . An abbey and then fortified home on an island offshore. At low tide, you can walk across a causeway. At high tide, frequent boats will take you across for £2 each way (£1 for children).

• See Newlyn, an hour's walk or ten minutes bus ride, where the Gallery and Fishermen's Memorial Statue are the main sights.
• Land's End is an overpriced tourist trap. If you've come all this way from John O'Groats (eg by unicycle, for charity) then you've no option but to continue to the bitter end. But for cliff-top walks and scenery, you'll do better elsewhere, eg towards Sennen Cove or the Lizard.

Best things to do in Penzance

The Market House, Penzance - - 107115 - The Market House Penzance.

• Hike town trails - The Penzance, Newlyn and Mousehole town trail maps are available from the Penzance Town Council offices and local outlets. These planned walks are an excellent way to see the unique history of the area.

• Marine Discovery - Wildlife boat trip for a dolphin-watching and basking shark-watching sea safari tour on a sailing catamaran.

• Morrab Library - Morrab Pl, TR18 4DA 50.115833, -5.536944 ☎ +44 1736 364474 | Opening Hours: Tue-Sat 10AM Monday - 4PM Morrab Library - For those interested in all things book-related, Penzance has an excellent private library consisting 60K+ volumes plus archives and photographic collections. Think floor-to ceiling book cases, leather chairs, and sea views. A book-lover's paradise. Day membership available at £3. The library is located within the Morrab Gardens.

• Tennis - Excellent facilities are available at the Penzance Tennis Club.

• Western Discoveries - Guided walks. Historical and folklore-based tours of Penwith's ancient monuments.

Events

Penzance is home to many ancient folk customs and festivals. They can be a colourful spectacle, with costumed participants processing through the town, often accompanied by musicians.

• Golowan Festival - Opening Hours: 15 June – 24 June 2018 - Week-long festival every year at the end of June. The festival is part revival of ancient midsummer customs trainingd in the Penzance area (and throughout Cornwall) and part arts festival. The two busiest days are Mazey Day and Quay Fair Day where many streets are closed to traffic and the town fills with tens of thousands of people for the processions, traditional dance, and musicians from many Celtic nations. Golowan Festival

• Montol Festival | . Montol is a celebration of the Cornish traditions of Christmas and midwinter, held on 21 December each year. Follow lantern processions of the costumed "guise dancers" beginning at 4pm and 6pm and then visit the pubs in the town centre to see appearances from the guise dancers performing music, plays and traditional games. Guise dancing is a tradition already called 'ancient' in its first mention in a newspaper in 1804. At 10PM a torchlit procession moves along Chapel Street down to the seafront beacon for a folk custom known as "Chalking the Mock". Expect fabulous costumes, fire, noise and dancing in the streets. Montol Festival
• Street Pirans Day Parade - Opening Hours: Annually, 5th March Cornwall's largest Street Piran's Day parade. Watch thousands of people, including most of the local schools, parade through the streets in traditional costume and colours, accompanied by dancing and music, to celebrate the life of Street Piran, Cornwall's patron saint. Starting at 10:15AM at the top of Causewayhead, it be seen from most of the major streets in the town. Follow the procession into the Morrab Gardens for a short play on the life of Street Piran.

• The May Horns | Opening Hours: Annually, 1st Sunday in May - The ancient custom of "bringing in the summer". Watch and join in with the procession of people dressed in white and green, decorated with leaves and flowers as they make their way from Newlyn into Penzance making a great noise as they process with horns, whistles and drums to 'Drive out the Devil of Winter and call in the warmth of Summer'. Expect dancing, an appearance from the Queen of May, and the guise beast 'Old Ned'. In 2018 this begins at the Tolcarne Inn, Newlyn, at about 7:15PM. Ends in Admiral Benbow for Cornish music and dance on the first floor. Visitors welcome.

• Guldize | Opening Hours: Annually. In 2018 held at 7:00PM, 22 September Price - Penzance's traditional celebration of the Harvest Festival. Gather outside the Yacht Inn for the "Crying of the Neck" ceremony followed by a procession of musicians to the Admiral Benbow where there is traditional Cornish music and singing on the first floor. Visitors welcome.

Live Music

Penzance is a centre for folk music, with many lively clubs and sessions playing tunes from Cornwall and the other Celtic nations. You will often find musicians in pubs, busking in the town, or processing during Penzance's many Cornish celebrations. The Acorn theatre provides a small (230 capacity) venue for live music and theatre, but many pubs will offer live music throughout the week. The Acorn Parade Street, Penzance, TR18 4BU GPS 50.117863,-5.537454 ☎ +44 1736 363545. This converted chapel is home to Penzance's largest live music and theatre venue. There is a varied programme of events throughout the year. The Studio Bar Bread St, Penzance TR18 2EQ GPS 50.1192416,-5.5366588 ☎ +44 1736 332988 - Hours: 9pm - late. Hidden away in a back street is this small but popular live music venue, hosting bands every night of the week. Music is usually indie, rock and punk. Open very late, it's small, crowded, but very popular. Cornish traditional music session at The Admiral Benbow Chapel Street, Penzance, TR18 4AF GPS 50.1170768,-5.5365329 ☎ +44 1736 363448 - Hours: 8pm-10pm - Free. Every Thursday musicians gather to play traditional Cornish music in this atmospheric nautical pub. Hear tunes from Cornwall's rich musical legacy as well as those from today's Cornish Celtic music scene. Listen, dance, enjoy. Visiting musicians welcome.

• Celtic music session - At the Fountain Tavern - @rn.com Street Clare St, Penzance TR18 2PD 50.1211797, -5.5399303At the top end of town, just beyond the top of the Causewayhead shopping street. ☎ +44 1736 332269 | Opening Hours: Tuesdays 8pm-10pm Free - Cornwall has a rich traditional music scene. Listen to traditional Cornish, English, Scottish and Irish music performed informally in a pub by local and visiting musicians. Free to attend, just buy a drink and enjoy. Visiting musicians welcome. Buy a drink for the players and enjoy it even more! This is the session previously held at the Pirate Inn.

• {{Do Penzance Folk Club Bath Inn, Cornwall Terrace, TR18 4HL GPS 50.1138903,-5.5393578 Tucked away in a lane off the Promenade, behind the Queens Hotel. - Hours: 8pm-11pm - Free. Held on alternate Wednesdays. See "Diary" section of the Penzance Folk Club website for dates.
• Open mic session at the Crown (see below for details) each Monday. Very popular, with a range of folk and acoustic acts in this small local's pub.

There are several other folk sessions in Penzance, which are listed on the Folk in Cornwall website, and at the events listed above.

Muslim Friendly Shopping in Penzance

Penzance harbour and church - Penzance harbour and church

Penzance has a reasonable selection of shops including national retail chains and small independent outlets.

• Good secondhand bookshops in Chapel Street. New books from shops in Market Jew Street and Chapel Street.
• Penzance has an increasing number of retro and antiques shops. Most of these can be found along the picturesque Chapel Street and at the lower end of Market Jew Street.
• Art galleries (shops) in Causewayhead, Market Jew Street and Chapel Street.

Halal Restaurants in Penzance

For those seeking to eat a Cornish pasty, Lavenders is an excellent choice. Countless other bakeries, shops and cafés also sell them, hot and cold. (Tip: it is correct to eat pasties from the end, not in the middle!)

• Admiral Benbow, see "Drink" listing.

• Archie Browns - Old Brewery Yard TR18 2EQ 50.119935, -5.535643 off Bread Street ☎ +44 1736 362828 | Opening Hours: Monday - Saturday 09:00-17:30 - Health-food store downstairs, Vegetarian cafe upstairs, with home-cooked meals, cakes and refreshments. The café is also an art gallery.

• Blacks of Chapel Street - 12 Chapel Street 50.11757, -5.53562 ☎ +44 1736 369729 - Opening from Monday to Saturday 10:30-15:00 & 18:30-23:00, Sunday 18:30-23:00 Mains £8 - Freshly sourced local Cornish produce for lunchtime and evening dining. Fish is from the nearby fish market in Newlyn.

• Lavenders - 6A Alverton Street, TR18 2QW 50.118408, -5.538901 Opening from Monday to Saturday 09:00-17:00 - Excellent Cornish pasties. A large pasty is very large, don't expect to do much after eating one!

• Market Plaice Fish Bar - 37 Causewayhead TR18 2ST 50.118855, -5.537867 Opening from Monday to Saturday 11:15-20:00 - Long-standing fish & chip shop, take-away with some cafe tables.

• Waterside Meadery Wharf Road, Penzance TR18 4AB 50.1162767, -5.5330498 ☎ +44 1736 364424 | Opening Hours: Daily 18:00-21:00 - Meaderies are medieval-themed restaurants which have become a Cornish tradition. They serve simple food, such as "chicken in the rough" (chicken and chips in a basket), and serve jugs of mead and other fruit fruit cocktails, all produced locally. Did we mention the serving "wenches"? No bookings, so you may have to queue. Other meaderies in the region are at Newlyn, Trewellard, Redruth and Newquay.

• Sea Palace Ltd 19 Quay St, Penzance TR18 4BD 50.116153, -5.531693 just above harbour ☎ +44 1736 330997 | Opening Hours: Daily 17:30-23:00 - Popular restaurant serving Cantonese and Peking cuisine.

• Taj Mahal - 63 Daniel Place TR18 4DU 50.115314, -5.535898 Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 17:30-23:30 - Serves Nepalese and Indian cuisine. Great food in a modern setting, just a stones throw from the sea front.

• The Cornish Barn - 20 Chapel Street, TR18 4AW 50.11733, -5.53514 Foot of Chapel Street, by the Methodist Chapel ☎ +44 1736 874418 | Opening Hours: Daily 08:00-23:00 Starters £7, mains £15 - They've given up on being an American diner and shifted upmarket, though BBQ ribs are still on the menu. It's mostly Med cuisine nowadays.

• Maria Chica | 24 Market Jew Street, Penzance TR18 2HR 50.12009, -5.534883 ☎ +44 1736 361168 - Opening from Monday to Saturday 10:00-17:00, Sunday to 16:00 - Small Portuguese café and chocolatier serving great Coffee, hot Chocolates, pastries, cakes and hot Cheese breads and chorizo breads with a friendly atmosphere. Free WiFi.

Penzance and the surrounding area have a large number of pubs. Particularly good is the Turk's Head in Chapel Street, Penzance's oldest pub. Live music happens at the Acorn Theatre, and there's an excellent monthly comedy night there as well. Late night drinking is normally confined to a handful of night clubs which are normally open until 3-4AM at weekends.

• The Admiral Benbow 46 Chapel St, Penzance TR18 4AF 50.1170768, -5.5343442 ☎ +44 1736 363448 - Opening from Monday to Saturday 11:00-23:00, Sunday from 12:00 - Eccentric and friendly pub and restaurant containing a jumble of maritime objects from boats or wrecks. The dining room at the rear of the pub is a replica of an 18th century ship's "mess" - ask if you wish to be seated there or just to look. Traditional British food.

• Dolphin Tavern - Quay Street TR18 4BD 50.116065, -5.531007 Facing harbour, next to ferry office ☎ +44 1736 364106 - Bar is full of character and has a great jukebox; restaurant; small hotel.

• The Crown - Victoria Plaza, Bread Street TR18 2EP 50.120496, -5.535092 near corner with Adelaide Street ☎ +44 1736 351070 | Opening Hours: Sunday - Thursday 12:00-23:00, Friday Saturday 12:00-00:00 - This small pub has its own brewery, "Cornish Crown", brewing seasonal soft drinks. Popular with local residents, on sunny days the crowds spill outside onto its terrace which catches the afternoon and early evening sun. It also serves meals made with local produce.

• The Lamp and Whistle 2 Leskinnick Place, Penzance TR18 2EZ 50.1218991, -5.5340407 Corner of Bread Street ☎ +44 1736 361449 | Opening Hours: Daily 12:00-23:00 - A tiny back-street pub serving a large array of craft also with a huge selection of rums and bourbon whiskies. Quirky decor. A friendly place where you can meet with local residents and visitors alike.

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Muslim Friendly Hotels

Statue of Sir Humphry Davy, Market Jew Street, Penzance - - 95517 - Statue of Sir Humphry Davy, Market Jew St

Various B&Bs all over the town and the best are in Regent Terrace facing the sea and some in Alexandra Road. Penzance Penzance Tourism Board Centre (TIC) +44 1736 335530 can check availability for you.

• Blue Seas Hotel - 13 Regent Terrace TR18 4DW 50.115833, -5.534260 ☎ +44 1736 364744 - Guest house overlooking the sea and the promenade. Good breakfast.

• Mounts Bay Caravan Park - Green Lane, Marazion TR17 0HQ 50.128042, -5.479440 5 kilometers east of Penzance facing Street Michael's Mount - 5-star small, family-run park.

• Penzance Backpackers - The Blue Dolphin, Alexandra Road, TR18 4LZ ☎ +44 1736 363836 - Dorm £16, superior Muslim friendly room £40 - A central youth hostel. Reception is open 9 am - noon and 5 pm - 10 pm.

• The Queens Hotel - Western Promenade TR18 4HG 50.114085, -5.537987 On the promenade ☎ +44 1736 362371 - Victorian style hotel at the beachfront. Parking £5 per day.

• Union Hotel - Chapel Street TR18 4AE 50.117885, -5.536012 ☎ +44 1736 362319 - B&B doubles from £95 . Stout 17th C building steeped in history - which means no lift to upper floors. The same management run the White Hart in Hayle and the Angel in Helston.

• Shoreline B&B - 17 Marine Terrace, The Promenade TR18 4DL 50.114312, -5.537223 ☎ +44 1736 365821 - On the seafront near harbour.

• YHA Penzance - Castle Horneck Road, Penzance TR20 8TF 2 kilometers west of centre ☎ +44 845 371 9653 - £18 dorm bed, £39 superior Muslim friendly room - Youth hostel, reception is open 8 am - 10 am and 4 pm - 10.30 pm.

• YMCA Backpackers Hostel - YMCA Cornwall International House, The Orchard, Alverton Road TR18 4TE 1 kilometers west of centre ☎ +44 1736 334820 or +44 1736 365016 - £19.25 dorm bed, £46 twin room - Hostel with 24-hr reception which includes a light breakfast.

Telecommunications in Penzance

There are no longer any dedicated internet cafés in Penzance, however most cafés and even some pubs offer free wifi. Some computer shops offer a few computers for public use, as do many of the bed and breakfast establishments. The Public Library is in Street John's Hall, Alverton Street, TR18 2QW.

Travel Next

Good base for trips to Hayle, Street Ives, Street Just, Marazion, Porthleven, Helston, Truro, Redruth, and Camborne.

• Isles of Scilly - day trips or longer stays available via ferry or fixed-wing aircraft.
• Sennen beach - about mile 9 from Penzance - lovely beach, busy in summer.

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