Playing Place is a small village in Cornwall, England, located a few miles from the city of Truro. Its evocative name comes from the Cornish plen an gwari - a medieval "playing place" where miracle plays, wrestling and other communal entertainments were staged - and the village retains a circular green and place-name that echo that historic function.
Today Playing Place is a quiet rural community within the wider Truro area, characterised by cottages, farms and a handful of local services; the local economy mixes agriculture, small businesses and some tourism. Visitors and residents alike appreciate the village for its visible links to Cornish language and folk tradition and its easy access to the surrounding coast and countryside.
Postcode districts covering Playing Place
Most populated places nearby
- Redruth 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Falmouth 5.8 miles9.3 km
- St. Austell 14.8 miles23.9 km
- Truro 2 miles3.2 km
- Camborne 10.3 miles16.6 km
- Newquay 12.4 miles20 km
- Penzance 22.6 miles36.3 km
- Bodmin 22 miles35.4 km
- Helston 12.7 miles20.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Penelewey Built-up area 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Feock & Kea Ward 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Kea Parish 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Carnon Downs Built-up area 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Truro Boscawen & Redannick Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Penpol Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Devoran Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Feock Built-up area 2 miles3.1 km
- Truro Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Perranwell Station Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Truro Moresk & Trehaverne Ward 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Harcourt Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
Example postcodes in Playing Place
TR3 6EY, TR3 6ET, TR3 6AJ, TR3 6EX, TR3 6HB, TR3 6HE, TR3 6EW, TR3 6FR, TR3 6HF … See all
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 14.6 miles23.6 km
- Exeter International Airport 80.5 miles129.6 km
- Truro Railway Station 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Perranwell Railway Station 2.3 miles3.7 km
Hotels near Playing Place Ad
- Townhouse Rooms 4 1.8 miles2.9 km
- The Valley Cottages 5 1.6 miles2.5 km
- The Alverton 4 2.5 miles4 km
- Hotel Vara 4 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Mannings Hotel 4 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Greenbank Hotel 4 5 miles8.1 km
- The Idle Rocks 4 5.7 miles9.1 km
- St Mawes Hotel 4 5.7 miles9.2 km
- The Royal Duchy Hotel 4 6 miles9.6 km
- The Grove Falmouth 3 5.7 miles9.2 km
Local points of interest
- Pencalenick Estate 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Lamorran House Gardens Gardens 5.6 miles9 km
- Pendower Beach 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Gylly Beach Beach 6.2 miles9.9 km
- Swanpool Beach Beach 6.4 miles10.4 km
- Perranzabuloe Museum Museum 8.7 miles13.9 km
- Chapel Porth Beach Beach 8.8 miles14.1 km
- Perranporth Beach Beach 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Hemmick Beach Beach 11.2 miles18 km
- Lane Theatre Theatre 11.6 miles18.6 km
- Holywell Bay Beach Beach 11.6 miles18.7 km
- The Lost Gardens of Heligan Gardens 11.9 miles19.1 km