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Cathedral city in Cornwall, England
Photo: Simon Lewis, CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons
Truro (Cornish: Truru) is a small cathedral city (population 22,000) in South Cornwall. It is the administrative capital of the County of Cornwall.
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The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Truro
Completed in 1910. There is a disabled ramp at the entrance and a disabled restroom near the restaurant.
Includes the Courtney Library and exhibitions devoted to the history, culture and geography of Cornwall. Wheelchair accessible toilets and nappy changing facilities available
Created to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, Victoria Gardens is filled with exotic trees, shrubs & flowers.
Garden under the care of The National Trust.
A wide variety of music, theatre, and dance productions rotate through the Hall for Cornwall. It's a regular stop for National Theatre productions. In downtown Truro, the signs are easy to spot.
Courtesy of WTW Cinemas, opened in 1938 and now with four screens.
This old fashioned tea room offers cream teas, sandwiches, cakes, savouries. The tea is grown in Cornwall.
They have a tapyard that serves food, and tours of the brewery are available.
A farm with a cider brewery and a distillery making premium 7 year old whisky. Whisky production started in 2003, and was the first in England for 100 years. Tour the farm, brewery and museum.
The old ale house, is a great place to go for traditional ales and a quick game of pool.
Traditional pub under the viaduct on Pydar Street.
A refurbished pub on Mitchell Hill.
A nice gastropub in the centre of Truro, which serves good food and fine ale, considered among the best pubs in town.
Spacious pub situated near Victoria Square, often open later at the weekends.
No real deviation from the Wetherspoon formula; cheap and cheerful, with no shortage of cheer, open early and late.
A sports bar that shows the football and can get pretty lively at weekends, worth a visit.
Upscale hotel looking onto the bay. Visitors are divided on whether it's worth the steep price.
St Mawes is the little resort facing Falmouth on the Roseland peninsula ten miles south of Truro. Tresanton is an arty upscale hotel in five houses along the hillside, great dining.
Attractive hotel on seafront of St Mawes.
Charming small hotel on coastal path, some stairs and rooms cramped, the food is outstanding. Open Feb-Dec, no dogs.
By car
Truro is at the junction of the A39 and A390 arterial roads, some 14 mi north of Falmouth.
By bus
Almost all services passing through or terminating/starting at Truro will run through the main bus station at Lemon Quay, right in the middle of town.
By plane
There's no direct public transport available; take the A9 bus to Newquay and change for one of several routes going to Truro.
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Newquay · Regional · NQY
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