St Mary's Church
St Mary's Chapel is recorded in the 14th Century. This was burnt in a Spanish raid in 1595 but the chapel was not completely destroyed and a pew survived dating from 1574. The chapel was eventually repaired some time after 1664 and was enlarged in the 17th and 18th Centuries. It was demolished and replaced with the present church in 1834.
In 1985 the chapel suffered an arson attack which destroyed the interior including the organ, elaborate altar and work by Newlyn School artists. The organ now in the church was from St Mary's Church in Oxford.
On walks
- Penzance to Newlyn (3.9 mile walk)
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Download the app and use it to explore the walks and to purchase a guided route.
The app will direct you to the start of the walk via satnav.
The app guides you around the walk using GPS, removing any worries about getting lost.
The walk route is described with detailed, regularly-updated, hand-written directions.
Each time there is a new direction to follow, the app will beep to remind you, and will warn you if you go off-route.
A map shows the route, where you are at all times and even which way you are facing.
Each walk is packed with information about the history and nature along the route, from over a decade of research than spans more than 3,000 topics.
Once a walk is downloaded, the app doesn't need a phone or wifi signal during the walk.
The app counts down distance to the next direction and estimates time remaining based on your personal walking speed.
We keep the directions continually updated for changes to the paths/landmarks - the price for a walk includes ongoing free updates.
