Welcome to Visit Lamorna Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Lamorna
Visit Lamorna places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Lamorna places to visit. A unique way to experience Lamorna’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Lamorna as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Lamorna (Cornish: Nansmornow) is a village, valley and cove in west Cornwall. It is on the Penwith peninsula approximately 4 miles (6 km) south of Penzance. It became popular with the artists of the Newlyn School, including Alfred Munnings, Laura Knight and Harold Knight. When you visit Lamorna, Walkfo brings Lamorna places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Lamorna Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Lamorna
Visit Lamorna – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 23 audio plaques & Lamorna places for you to explore in the Lamorna area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Lamorna places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Lamorna history
Kemyel Mill was operated by the Hoskyn family from at least the 14th century until the 1920s. There were two mills: one milled corn for animal feed, and the other flour. In the 17th century a privateer vessel owned by the Penrose family was regularly moored in the cove and was wrecked during a storm.
Lamorna toponymy
In Cornish Nans means valley, and the 2nd element is possibly mor, which means sea. First recorded as Nansmorno (in 1305) in 1305.
Lamorna geography / climate
Lamorna Cove is at the SE end of a north-west to south-east valley. The small village, half a mile inland, was originally known as Nantewas. The South West Coast Path passes around the cove.
Why visit Lamorna with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Lamorna places with Walkfo Lamorna to hear history at Lamorna’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Lamorna has 23 places to visit in our interactive Lamorna map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Lamorna, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Lamorna places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Lamorna & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo: Visit Lamorna Places Map
23 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
Lamorna historic spots | Lamorna tourist destinations | Lamorna plaques | Lamorna geographic features |
Walkfo Lamorna tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Lamorna |
Best Lamorna places to visit
Lamorna has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Lamorna’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Lamorna’s information audio spots:
St Pol de Léon’s Church, Paul
St Pol de Léon’s Church, Paul also known as Paul Parish Church is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro located in Paul, Cornwall, UK.
Mousehole A.F.C.
Mousehole Association Football Club is a football club based in Mousehole, Cornwall. They are currently members of the Western League Premier Division and play at Trungle Parc.
Chyenhal Moor
Chyenhal Moor is a poorly drained shallow valley, 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south-west of Penzance, Cornwall. Due to several rare plants in a diverse range of habitats, it was notified as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1951.
Castallack Round
Castallack Round or Roundago is a prehistoric site in Cornwall. It is a small circular embanked enclosure, with one entrance. It dates from the late Iron Age to the early post-Roman period.
Visit Lamorna plaques
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here Lamorna has 4 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Lamorna plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Lamorna using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Lamorna plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.