Penryn is a civil parish and also community in west Cornwall, England, UK. It gets on the Penryn River about 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) northwest of Falmouth. The population was 7,166 in the 2001 census as well as had actually been reduced to 6,812 in the 2011 census, a decline of more than 300 people throughout the ten-year time gap. There are two selecting wards covering Penryn: 'Penryn East as well as Mylor' and also 'Penryn West'. The overall population of both wards in the 2011 census was 9,790. Though currently the community is overshadowed by the larger close-by community of Falmouth, Penryn was once a crucial harbour in its very own right, lading granite and also tin to be shipped to other parts of the nation and also world throughout the medieval duration. Today, Penryn is a quiet community as well as has kept a large quantity of its heritage. A huge proportion of its buildings day from Tudor, Jacobean and also Georgian times; the town has for that reason been designated as an essential sanctuary. The neighborhood museum is housed in the City center. The Town Hall building is partly 18th-century and also partly 19th-century in date; its clock tower is dated 1839. Penryn has a little however energetic Rotary Club.