By car: Marazion is just off the A30, four miles from Penzance.

From London, take the M4/M5 or the M3/A303 to Exeter, then join the A30. Total journey time: 5 hours 50 minutes.

From Birmingham, take the M5 to Exeter, then join the A30. Total journey time: 4hrs 59 minutes.

By train: From London, take the train from Paddington to Penzance. Journey time: from 5 hrs, 7 minutes. From Birmingham, take the train from Birmingham New Street to Penzance. Journey time from 5hrs, 51 minutes.

National rail enquiries: http://nationalrail.co.uk/

There is a frequent bus service from Penzance station to Marazion.

By air: you can fly to Exeter, two hours away, or to Newquay, less than an hour away.