Swanvale

Swanvale is a suburban area in the TR11 postcode district, in the county of Cornwall in the South West. Compact and quietly named, it sits within a region rich in layered history and converted heritage. One such example close to the county’s coastal towns is Penmere Manor Hotel near Falmouth. Penmere Manor is a house of historical significance, Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register, and was built around 1825 by a wealthy sea captain. Over the next 150 years it was home to numerous notable people, its rooms retaining the sense of stories and lives that shaped the place. Today Penmere Manor welcomes visitors as a hotel, offering accommodation, restaurant facilities and a leisure club, blending its past with contemporary comforts. For anyone exploring Cornwall’s South West, Swanvale provides a simple locational anchor — a suburban postcode in a county where historic houses such as Penmere Manor have found new life as hospitable retreats.