Zennor

Taken from the coastal footpath near Gurnard's Head.

In the south transept of the church.

Zennor (Cornish: Sen Senar) is a small village between St Just in Penwith and St Ives in West Cornwall, within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Antiquities include the megalithic burial chambers Zennor Quoit and Sperris Quoit.

Get in

By car along the North Coast Road (B3306) from St Just in Penwith or St Ives, or minor road from Penzance.

By bus - local bus services operated by First Group:

• Bus 300 runs Penzance - Sennen - Lands End - Sennen - St Just - Pendeen - Zennor - St Ives in the Summer and it's often an open top bus.
• Alternatively catch one of the Penzance - St Just buses that runs via Morvah (check with bus company which one) and walk North from when the bus hits the B3306 (the driver will normally tell you where to get off and give directions). These buses run year round every couple of hours and only take 25 minutes to Morvah).
• In the Summer you could also the half hourly 17 bus from Penzance to St Just and change onto a 300 at St Just or Pendeen to avoid the Penzance—Lands End loop which takes a good hour and a half.

Get around

Great walking area.

See

• 1 Zennor Head (on the coast). Zennor Head is a coastal promontory north of the village. The cliffs rise over 60 metres (200 ft) from the sea and the highest point of the headland is 96 metres (314 ft) above sea level.  
• 2 Saint Senara's Church, Zennor. It has a mermaid bench, a squint, a sundial above the door, an ancient granite font and a mermaid bench.  

Zennor Quoit

• 3 Zennor Quoit (about a mile (1.6 km) east of the village). It is one of eight remaining quoits on the West Penwith moors. The chamber was used for the burial of bodies which at some point would be cremated and removed and replaced with others. It dates to 2500–1500 BC. (updated Jan 2024)
• 4 Sperris Quoit (365 metres northeast of Zennor Quoit). A ruined megalithic burial chamber or dolmen, and one of a type of tomb unique to West Penwith. It is 4000 to 7000 years old. About 12 metres in diameter, five stones were found during the excavations, two standing, and three fallen, of which one has eroded to a stump, although due to heavy vegetation and dense gorse, only one upright of the chamber is visible, which is over 1.5 metres tall. (updated Jan 2024)

Eat

• Zennor Chapel Guesthouse. (updated Jul 2018)

Drink

• 1 Tinner's Arms, TR26 3BY, ☏ +44 1736 796927. A great pub, good soups and meals prepared to order. 

Sleep

• 1 The Gurnards Head, TR26 3DE, ☏ +44 1736 796928, enquiries@gurnardshead.co.uk.