Penryn
Penryn is a civil parish and also town 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 and had actually been lowered to 6,812 in the 2011 census, a decline of more than 300 individuals throughout the ten-year time gap. There are 2 electoral wards covering Penryn: 'Penryn East and Mylor' and also 'Penryn West'. The total population of both wards in the 2011 census was 9,790. Though now the town is overshadowed by the larger neighboring town of Falmouth, Penryn was once an important harbour in its own right, lading granite as well as tin to be shipped to other parts of the nation and also globe throughout the medieval period. Today, Penryn is a silent community and has actually maintained a big amount of its heritage. A large proportion of its structures date from Tudor, Jacobean and also Georgian times; the town has actually consequently been marked as an important conservation area. The regional museum is housed in the Town Hall. The Town Hall building is partly 18th-century and partly 19th-century in date; its clock tower is dated 1839. Penryn has a tiny but energetic Rotary Club.
