A – Z of Locations: Z is for Zennor

During this year I shall be posting photographs from places around the UK, many of which have not been published before. Where I have previously blogged about a location I will provide a link to the post, though you won’t be able to comment on it as I restrict comments to six months.

Z is for Zennor

The last letter in the alphabet just happens to be only six miles away from where I live. It is on West Penwith, a sparsely populated peninsula, ringed by high cliffs and rising to high, rocky moorland at its centre. It is surrounded on three sides by the pounding waves of the Atlantic Ocean.

The ancient landscape includes Zennor Head and Gurnard Head, granite moorland hills such as Carn Galver and Zennor Carn. Wonderful hiking country for those who are fit enough.

Access to most of the landscape is by narrow ancient lanes bounded by Cornish hedges.

Typical Cornish Lanes
A Cornish Hedge

In Zennor you will find the wonderful Tinners Arms, built in 1271, for good food and drink and a popular place for people who walk the South West Coastal path from St Ives to find well needed refreshments.  Up on the main road is a bus route either back to St Ives or on towards Land’s End.

The Tinners Arms, Zennor

Also in Zennor is St Senara’s church, home to the famous mermaid chair.

Views from Zennor churchyard

I hope that you have enjoyed my tour around the UK and hopefully I have introduced you to some places that are not necessarily on the tourist trail. There are a lot of wonderful towns, cities, villages and countryside to explore throughout England, Scotland and Wales. I’m sorry that I haven’t been able to include Northern Ireland too. We are not short of history, interesting architecture, great walks and incredible landscapes so I hope that this series has whetted your appetite to discover new places to enjoy.

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I have lived in the UK for most of my life, but when young I definitely had wanderlust and even ended up living in South Africa for several years which was a wonderful experience. I now look forward to a long and leisurely retirement doing what I like most - gardening, photography, walking and travelling.

30 thoughts on “A – Z of Locations: Z is for Zennor”

  1. This has been a great series Jude with plenty of surprises. Of which Zennor was one. This is certainly somewhere I’d like to explore. Now. What next for your blogging diary?

    1. A rest on here for now. Maybe a world series, or some travel tales from the past. Not until my hand is better though. Glad you enjoyed this series. The UK has a lot to offer.

  2. I do like the look of those Cornish hedges and lanes, Jude, and I’m always happy to try a pub. Don’t know when I’m going to make it happen though.

    1. My favourite part of Cornwall is along this road. You’d probably prefer to hike the coastal path 😊

  3. This a to z has been brilliant, Jude! Zennor not one I knew, but looks interesting

    1. There’s nothing much here except the pub, a church and the Moomaid of Zennor, serving some of the best ice-cream around! There is a quoit high up on the moor, but I have not been there. The landscape is very wild and rugged. My favourite road runs through this region.

  5. Yes it’s been very enjoyable following this series – reminders of places I’ve been and inspiration for places I haven’t. Kind of a shame it’s over. I pretty much knew Z would be Cornish, there aren’t too many Z places anywhere else.

    1. Thanks for following the series, I’m glad you have enjoyed it. Now thinking about doing a world A-Z, but first a rest 😊

  6. I remember spending a day with my parents at the cove near Zennor. I was probably only 8 or 9 years old, but was interested by the unusual place name beginning with Z.
    Best wishes, Pete. x

    1. Trying to think where the nearest cove would be, it’s extremely difficult to get down to the beach around this area.

      1. I think it must have been this small cove, Jude.
        https://beachnearby.com/beach/porthzennor-cove-cornwall-england
        I remember there were only two other people there, the beach was tiny, and the path was ‘challenging’. My mum was moaning about the rocky path, and my dad was carrying our picnic stuff. They were both reasonably young then of course. My memory of it is 63 uears old now, so I’m not 100% sure where it was. 🙂 x

        1. Yes, you definitely need to be fit and steady on your feet to get down to some of those coves. As a child you probably ran down!

  7. I’ve really enjoyed this series of beautiful and maybe a bit more obscure places in your beautiful country, Jude. I’m looking forward to your next series. Sorry to read that your hand’s not doing well. Hopefully it will be better soon. Gardening probably doesn’t help it. ☹️

    1. Thanks Janet, happy to know you have enjoyed the tour around the UK. The hand isn’t quite so painful (though still numb) and using it to pull out weeds and type probably doesn’t help, but resting it is boring! All I should really be doing is not using it at all.

  8. A great one to finish on – many of us would have struggled to find a Z! This looks an especially lovely spot 😍

  9. Jude, I have enjoyed this A-Z series and I remember those Cornish lanes very well as I tried to dodge traffic and walk a dog. Funny as far as my A-Z goes, I have sorted out those tricky ones 😉

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