page_title: Penryn, Cornwall
section_title: Present-day Penryn
hierarchical_section_title: Penryn, Cornwall / Present-day Penryn
caption_attribution_description: English: First Great Western 153377 passes over Collegewood Viaduct in Penryn, Cornwall.
context_page_description: Penryn is a civil parish and town in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the Penryn River about 1 mile northwest of Falmouth. The population was 7,166 in the 2001 census and had been reduced to 6,812 in the 2011 census, a drop of more than 300 people across the ten-year time gap. There are two electoral wards covering Penryn: 'Penryn East and Mylor' and 'Penryn West'. The total population of both wards in the 2011 census was 9,790.
  Though now the town is overshadowed by the larger nearby town of Falmouth, Penryn was once an important harbour in its own right, lading granite and tin to be shipped to other parts of the country and world during the medieval period.
context_section_description: Today, Penryn is a quiet town and has retained a large amount of its heritage. A large proportion of its buildings date from Tudor, Jacobean and Georgian times; the town has therefore been designated as an important conservation area. The local museum is housed in the Town Hall. The Town Hall building is partly 18th-century and partly 19th-century in date; its clock tower is dated 1839. Penryn has a small but active Rotary Club.
  Penryn is twinned with Audierne in Brittany, France.
caption: Collegewood railway viaduct
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