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Wayside Museum, Zennor

Museum Details


Zennor church and museum

Wayside Museum and Trewey Mill
Old Zennor Street
Zennor
TR26 3DA

Contact Person

Bob and Sara Priddle

T:  01736 796945

Admission Charges

Adults: £3.75
Children: £2.75 (5-16 yrs)
Family ticket: £12.00 (2A & 2C)            Family quiz trails

Opening Hours

April
Daily 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

May - September
Daily 10:30 am - 5:30 pm

October
Daily 11:00 am - 5:00 pm



16C mill  mill interior  Wayside garden 

Museum Description


A large evocative collection of over 5000 artefacts representing Zennor and the area of West Penwith from 3000 BC to the 1950s set within the garden of a 16th century Miller's cottage and fully restored working watermill producing stoneground flour. 12 themed areas including a working watermill, the miller's kitchen, a cobbler's shop, areas devoted to wheelwright's and blacksmith's work and others relating to mining, agriculture, archaeology, Zennor School, domestic life and the people of past Zennor. Light refreshments are available in the garden.  There is a quality gift and bookshop selling organic stoneground flour milled on the premises.

Type of MuseumTypes of CollectionsFacilities

Agricultural Heritage
Fishing
Folklore
Industrial Heritage
Local & Family History
Maritime
Mining
Smuggling
Social History

Agricultural Heritage
Archaeology
Bronze Age Culture
Fishing
Folklore
Industrial Heritage
Local History
Iron Age Culture
Mining, Shipping
Smuggling
Social History
Stone Age Culture

Toilets (adjacent in car park)
Parking (in adjacent village car park)
Shop
Picnic Area
Children's Activities