St. Allen is a small, rural parish in central Cornwall a few miles north‑west of Truro, set among rolling farmland, hedgerows and small woodlands. The village clusters around an ancient parish church whose fabric contains medieval work, and the landscape still bears traces of Cornwall’s older agrarian and mining past in its field patterns and occasional old mine earthworks.
Life in St. Allen is quietly agricultural, with mixed pasture and arable farms alongside a number of residents who commute into nearby towns. The community is small but active, centred on parish activities and local events, and it offers a peaceful example of inland Cornish countryside rather than the tourist scene of the coast.
Postcode districts covering St. Allen
Most populated places nearby
- Redruth 9 miles14.6 km
- Falmouth 11.7 miles18.9 km
- St. Austell 13.1 miles21.1 km
- Truro 4 miles6.4 km
- Camborne 12.3 miles19.8 km
- Newquay 6.5 miles10.4 km
- Penzance 25 miles40.2 km
- Bodmin 18.4 miles29.6 km
- Helston 17.2 miles27.7 km
Neighbouring places
- St. Erme Parish 2 miles3.3 km
- St. Erme and Trispen Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- Goonhavern Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Shortlanesend Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
- St. Newlyn East, Cubert & Goonhavern Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Perranzabuloe Parish 2.5 miles4 km
- Gloweth, Malabar & Shortlanesend Ward 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Bolingey Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
- St. Newlyn East Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Kenwyn Parish 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Truro Moresk & Trehaverne Ward 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Perranporth Built-up area 3.8 miles6.2 km
Example postcodes in St. Allen
TR4 9HH, TR4 9JG, TR4 9JA, TR4 9HP, TR4 9HQ, TR4 9JJ, TR4 9JE, TR4 9HW, TR4 9DG … See all
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 9 miles14.5 km
- Exeter International Airport 78.4 miles126.1 km
- Truro Railway Station 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Quintrell Downs Railway Station 6.2 miles9.9 km
Hotels near St. Allen Ad
- Townhouse Rooms 4 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Newperran Holiday Park 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Lazy Waves Boutique B&B 4 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Lewinnick Lodge 4 6.6 miles10.6 km
- The Alverton 4 4 miles6.4 km
- Beacon Country House Hotel 3 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Rose in Vale Country House Hotel 4 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Priory Lodge Hotel 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Penhallow House Glamping Retreat 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Mannings Hotel 4 4.1 miles6.6 km
Local points of interest
- Perranzabuloe Museum Museum 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Perranporth Beach Beach 4.3 miles7 km
- Pencalenick Estate 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Lane Theatre Theatre 5.7 miles9.1 km
- Holywell Bay Beach Beach 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Trenance Gardens Gardens 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Newquay Heritage Archive & Museum Museum 6.5 miles10.4 km
- Crantock Beach Beach 6.5 miles10.5 km
- Poly Joke Beach Beach 6.6 miles10.5 km
- Fistral Beach Beach 6.9 miles11 km
- Tolcarne Beach Beach 6.9 miles11 km
- Huer's Hut Historic site 7 miles11.2 km