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 miles
- Falmouth 11.7 miles
- St. Austell 13.1 miles
- Truro 4 miles
- Camborne 12.3 miles
- Newquay 6.5 miles
- Penzance 25 miles
- Bodmin 18.4 miles
- Helston 17.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- St. Erme Parish 2 miles
- St. Erme and Trispen Built-up area 2 miles
- Goonhavern Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Shortlanesend Built-up area 2.2 miles
- St. Newlyn East, Cubert & Goonhavern Ward 2.3 miles
- Perranzabuloe Parish 2.5 miles
- Gloweth, Malabar & Shortlanesend Ward 2.8 miles
- Bolingey Built-up area 3.2 miles
- St. Newlyn East Built-up area 3.3 miles
- Kenwyn Parish 3.4 miles
- Truro Moresk & Trehaverne Ward 3.7 miles
- Perranporth Built-up area 3.8 miles
Example postcodes in St. Allen
TR4 9JA, TR4 9HR, TR4 9QX, TR4 9JF, TR4 9HJ, TR4 9HZ, TR4 9DQ, TR4 9HQ, TR4 9DG … See all
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 9 miles
- Exeter International Airport 78.4 miles
- Truro Railway Station 3.9 miles
- Quintrell Downs Railway Station 6.2 miles
Hotels near St. Allen Ad
- Townhouse Rooms 4 4.3 miles
- Newperran Holiday Park 2.4 miles
- Lewinnick Lodge 4 6.6 miles
- The Alverton 4 4 miles
- Lazy Waves Boutique B&B 4 6.6 miles
- Beacon Country House Hotel 3 6.3 miles
- Penhallow House Glamping Retreat 2.8 miles
- Rose in Vale Country House Hotel 4 4.1 miles
- Mannings Hotel 4 4.1 miles
- Hotel Vara 4 4.4 miles
Local points of interest
- Perranzabuloe Museum Museum 3.9 miles
- Perranporth Beach Beach 4.3 miles
- Pencalenick Estate 4.5 miles
- Lane Theatre Theatre 5.7 miles
- Holywell Bay Beach Beach 6.1 miles
- Trenance Gardens Gardens 6.3 miles
- Newquay Heritage Archive & Museum Museum 6.5 miles
- Crantock Beach Beach 6.5 miles
- Poly Joke Beach Beach 6.6 miles
- Fistral Beach Beach 6.9 miles
- Tolcarne Beach Beach 6.9 miles
- Huer's Hut Historic site 7 miles