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National Marine Aquarium
The UK's largest aquarium in Plymouth dedicated to ocean conservation with Atlantic Ocean and deep reef exhibits.
25 km · about 30 min drive
England, United Kingdom · Europe
Pensilva works well as a base: 10 minutes from North Hill, 33km from Wistman's Wood.
Pensilva is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 1,663, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Pensilva (Cornish: Pennsilva) is a village in the civil parish of St Ive and Pensilva, in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at OS grid ref SX291697 about four miles (6 km) northeast of Liskeard. Nearby settlements include Charaton Cross and Middlehill.
The original small settlement grew quickly during theRead more
nineteenth century in response to industrial activity on the moorland north and west of the village. There is a Church of England chapel of St John (a chapel-of-ease to St Ive).
The village centre is about a mile from the edge of Bodmin Moor. At Caradon Hill, there is a large mast for the transmission for TV signals to the area. Caradon Hill is heavy with ancient mineshafts and engine houses dating from the 1900s. The hill was once famous for its copper mines but these are now closed. The South Caradon Copper Mine, 1 km to the south-west of the transmitter, was the biggest copper mine in the UK in the second half of the 19th century. From the top of the hill, you can see Plymouth and the Tamar estuary.
Pensilva is not generally considered a destination for tourists although nearby Minions has better-known historical attractions in the form of the Cheesewring—a natural granite tor at the edge of a disused quarry—and The Hurlers, three stone circles.
The local pub in Minions—The Cheesewring—burnt down on Christmas Eve 2021. Other nearby pubs are The Wheal Tor and The Crows Nest. As of 26 December 2022, the Victoria Inn, the village pub, closed permanently. There is one general-grocery shop in the middle of the village.
The Millennium House in Pensilva is a community owned social centre built in 1999. Over the years it has waxed and waned in popularity and the incumbent small bar has changed from a club to a pub in that time. It is the location of the part-time Post Office and a volunteer-run café is open during PO hours.
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Pensilva is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 50.5030 latitude, -4.4149 longitude.
Pensilva has a population of approximately 1,663 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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The UK's largest aquarium in Plymouth dedicated to ocean conservation with Atlantic Ocean and deep reef exhibits.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Spectacular complex of enormous biome domes nestled in a former clay pit, housing the world's largest indoor rainforest.
28 km · about 35 min drive
waterfall
A mystical 60-foot waterfall that bores through a holed rock in a fern-draped wooded glen near Tintagel.
28 km · about 35 min drive
castle
Dramatic clifftop ruins steeped in Arthurian legend, connected to the mainland by a striking modern footbridge above the Atlantic.
30 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Stunted, moss-drowned oaks growing between granite boulders form one of Britain's last high-altitude temperate rainforests, long linked with Druid legend. A 20-minute walk from the Two Bridges car park on Dartmoor.
33 km · about 40 min drive
national park
Wild and ancient moorland dotted with granite tors, Bronze Age settlements and roaming Dartmoor ponies across 368 square miles of Devon.
36 km · about 40 min drive
famous road
Spectacular coastal road running through north Devon and Cornwall past dramatic cliffs, surfing beaches and picturesque harbour villages.
38 km · about 45 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Giant rock stacks marching across a wild sandy beach below towering cliffs on the rugged north Cornwall coast.
44 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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