Visit Polruan Places

Welcome to Visit Polruan Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Polruan

  

Polruan Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Polruan

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Polruan history

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Polruan has a history as a small fishing village known as a location for much old boat building. St Ruan was the first to occupy the top of the hill the point where St Saviour’s ruin still stands today. The name derives from the Cornish for harbour of a man called Ruveun.

You can visit Polruan places with Walkfo Polruan to hear history at Polruan’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Polruan has 19 places to visit in our interactive Polruan 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 Polruan, 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 Polruan places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Polruan & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 19 audio facts unique to Polruan places in an interactive Polruan map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Polruan Places Map
19 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Polruan historic spots	Polruan tourist destinations	Polruan plaques	Polruan geographic features
Walkfo Polruan tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Polruan

  

Best Polruan places to visit

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Polruan has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Polruan’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Polruan’s information audio spots:

Tregaminion Church Tregaminion Church dates to the early 19th century and is Grade II* listed building. The church is a Church of England church.

Fowey railway station Fowey railway station was a station in Cornwall from 1874 until 1965. The rail connection to the docks at Carne Point remains open for china clay traffic.

Gribben Head Gribbin Head (Cornish: an Gribyn) is a promontory on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK, owned and managed by the National Trust. It separates St Austell Bay from the estuary of the River Fowey and is marked by a large tower used to aid navigation of ships approaching the local harbours.

Polruan to Polperro Polruan to Polperro is a coastal Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC) in south-east Cornwall. It contains a wide variety of plant species and is a site for populations of breeding birds.

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Visit Polruan plaques