Crowan is a quiet, rural parish in west Cornwall, set among rolling farmland and hedgerow-lined lanes a short drive from the market towns of Camborne and Helston. The landscape is typical of inland Cornwall, with scattered hamlets, an ancient parish church and traces of the county’s mining past visible in old engine houses and worked granite.
Locally the economy centres on agriculture and small-scale tourism, with many residents commuting to nearby towns; community life revolves around village halls, pubs and agricultural events. Cultural interest comes from surviving Cornish place-names, historic buildings and easy access to walking country and the broader heritage of Cornwall’s mining and rural traditions.
Postcode districts covering Crowan
Most populated places nearby
- Redruth 6.2 miles
- Falmouth 11.1 miles
- Truro 13.2 miles
- Camborne 3.4 miles
- Newquay 20.4 miles
- Penzance 10.3 miles
- Helston 5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Praze-an-Beeble Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Leedstown Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Reawla Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Crowan, Sithney & Wendron Ward 2.1 miles
- Barripper and Penponds Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Gwinear-Gwithian Parish 2.4 miles
- Godolphin Cross Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Troon Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East Ward 3 miles
- Sithney Parish 3.1 miles
- Connor Downs Built-up area 3.3 miles
- Camborne West & Treswithian Ward 3.3 miles
Example postcodes in Crowan
TR14 0LQ, TR27 6FJ, TR27 6BD, TR13 0AU, TR14 0JQ, TR13 0BD, TR27 6BE, TR14 0PP, TR27 6DQ … See all
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 23.8 miles
- Exeter International Airport 92.7 miles
- Camborne Railway Station 3.2 miles
- Hayle Railway Station 4.4 miles
- Penzance Bus Station 9.8 miles
Hotels near Crowan Ad
- St aubyn arms 3.2 miles
- Lowenac Hotel 3.1 miles
- Tyacks Hotel 3 3.3 miles
- The Star Inn 4.8 miles
- Premier Inn Camborne 3 3.3 miles
- Premier Inn Hayle 3 3.9 miles
- The Old Quay House 5.1 miles
- Harbour Inn 4 5.8 miles
- Penventon Park Hotel 4 6 miles
- The White Hart Hotel 4.4 miles
Schools in Crowan
- Leedstown Community Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Penzance Harbour Harbour 9.8 miles
- Wharfside Shopping Centre Shopping centre 9.9 miles
- Chapel Porth Beach Beach 10 miles
- Penwith College College 10.2 miles
- Mullion Harbour Harbour 10.9 miles
- Swanpool Beach Beach 11.1 miles
- Gylly Beach Beach 11.4 miles
- Mên-an-Tol Archaeological site 12.5 miles
- Lamorran House Gardens Gardens 13.4 miles
- Merry Maidens Archaeological site 13.7 miles
- Boscawen-un Stone Circle Archaeological site 14.2 miles
- Perranzabuloe Museum Museum 14.5 miles