route maps
Welcome to Penzance. The map below shows the Go! mobility access route around our town. Click on the icons Go! shop, Go! visit, Go! sea & gardens below for our 3 suggested routes to enjoy the shops, the community services, and the seafront & gardens.
Go! Penzance Map
Go! Sea & Gardens Go! Shop Go! Visit
Guide to Penzance
The town of Penzance is named “Pen Sans” in the ancient Cornish language, meaning “Holy Headland”, referring to the headland to the western side of the harbour on which a chapel was established by early Christians well over 1000 years ago. Today St Mary’s Church is located on the same site. Penzance is the major town of the district of Penwith, or the Lands End Peninsula. The town has the only seashore promenade in Cornwall which extends from the harbour towards the fishing port of Newlyn – a mile or so to the west.
The town centre, set back a short distance from the harbour,
is the focus of commercial activity for the whole Lands End Peninsula, and contains a number of interesting and historic sites. The Market House – set at the meeting point of the two major streets of the town – looks down on a commemorative statue of Sir Humphrey Davy, one of the town’s most famous sons. Born and brought up in Penzance in a house only a few yards away from his statue, he was the inventor of the miner’s safety lamp which bears his name today and which resulted in a major step forward in safety in coal mining throughout the country. His statue looks down Market Jew Street, which is the main shopping street of the town.
Points of interest
Acorn Theatre Penlee Gallery/ museum & Gardens
Morrab Gardens, Jubilee Pool
Just some of the Accessible shops & banks
Boots , WH Smiths, Post Office
Nat West bank ,Barclays Bank
Lloyds Bank , Superdrug ,HSBC Bank , Co-op store (Market Jew St)