Probus is a compact village and civil parish set in the rolling agricultural countryside of central Cornwall, a few miles south‑east of the cathedral city of Truro. Its position in the fertile claylands gives it a distinctly rural feel - a landscape of pastures, orchards and hedgerow lanes rather than the tin‑mining scars often associated with other parts of the county.
The village is best known for its medieval parish church of St Probus and St Grace, notable for one of the taller church towers in Cornwall, and for a long history rooted in farming and market gardening. Today Probus combines a strong local community life - village halls, shows and clubs - with a number of residents who commute into Truro, so the social mix blends traditional rural rhythms with modern village living.
Postcode districts covering Probus
Most populated places nearby
- Redruth 12.8 miles
- Falmouth 11.1 miles
- St. Austell 8.5 miles
- Truro 5.3 miles
- Camborne 16.2 miles
- Newquay 9.9 miles
- Bodmin 15.7 miles
- Helston 19 miles
Neighbouring places
- Probus & St. Erme Ward 1.8 miles
- Grampound Road Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Grampound Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Tregoney with Cuby Parish 2.3 miles
- Tresillian Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Tregony Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Ladock Parish 2.8 miles
- St. Michael Penkevil Parish 2.9 miles
- Grampound with Creed Parish 3.1 miles
- St. Clement Parish 3.3 miles
- Truro Tregolls Ward 3.7 miles
- St. Erme and Trispen Built-up area 3.7 miles
Example postcodes in Probus
TR2 4JL, TR2 4LT, TR2 4LP, TR2 4JT, TR2 4LE, TR2 4LL, TR2 4GD, TR2 4TE, TR2 4NY … See all
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 10.5 miles
- Exeter International Airport 74.2 miles
- Truro Railway Station 5.3 miles
- St Columb Road Railway Station 7.5 miles
Hotels near Probus Ad
- The Alverton 4 4.4 miles
- Lugger Hotel 3 5.7 miles
- Mannings Hotel 4 4.8 miles
- County Arms 4 5.7 miles
- The Plume of Feathers 4 4.9 miles
- Barley Sheaf, Old Bridge Street EN SUITE ROOMS, ROOM ONLY 4.7 miles
- Hotel VARA 4 5.1 miles
- The Cornwall Hotel Spa & Lodges 4 7.4 miles
- The Victoria Inn 3 7.4 miles
- The Ship Inn 3 7.4 miles
Schools in Probus
- Probus Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Pencalenick Estate 3.3 miles
- Pendower Beach 5.9 miles
- The Lost Gardens of Heligan Gardens 6.3 miles
- Hemmick Beach Beach 7.5 miles
- Pentewan Beach Beach 7.5 miles
- Vault Beach Beach 8.1 miles
- Lane Theatre Theatre 8.8 miles
- Charlestown Harbour Harbour 9.1 miles
- Perranzabuloe Museum Museum 9.6 miles
- Lamorran House Gardens Gardens 9.7 miles
- Trenance Gardens Gardens 9.8 miles
- Perranporth Beach Beach 10 miles