Linda and John welcome you to The Dunedin where we endeavour to provide our visitors with the very best in guest accommodation.

The Dunedin is a large Victorian house built in 1886, it has 8 tastefully furnished bedrooms, each with modern en-suite facilities, digital colour TV, radio-alarm, hair-dryer, cooling fan and tea & coffee making facilities. The Dunedin is situated in a wide and tree-lined avenue leading to the seafront, with its long promenade and sheltered bay. On the edge of town, but within a few short minutes walk of the centre and seafront, The Dunedin is in the ideal position to visit all the many and reasonable priced pubs and restaurants and other attractions in Penzance.

Breakfast is served in our bright and airy dining room and there is a wide selection of cereals, fruit juices & segments and cooked-to-order hot main courses to suit a variety of tastes and preferences.

The "Free-Hotspot.com" wireless internet broadband network is now available to our Guests throughout The Dunedin. This is a totally free and unrestricted service for our Guests and provides a means of keeping in contact with friends and family or business or, for simply surfing the net.

Here we pride ourselves on our welcoming atmosphere and, should you decide on a holiday or a short break with us, we will certainly do our best to make your stay an enjoyable one.

To experience all the features of The Dunedin, you can now see our Video Tour

The Origins of the name “Dunedin”

Edinburgh Castle in Scotland was built on Castle Rock, which has been occupied since at least 900 BC.

The Celtic Votadini Tribe lived there and had close ties to the Romans during their occupation, until 406 AD. The Votadini became known as the Gododdin around 600 AD, which is when Castle Rock first appeared on record. The King of the Gododdin, Mynnyddog Mwynfawr, named his fortress: “Din Eidyn”. After the Angles defeated King Mynnyddog and overran the fortress in 638, it was renamed Edinburgh, and has kept that name ever since.

The meaning of the name means “Fortress or Castle on the Rock”, and this it was, being the seat of Scottish Kings for almost 1000 years. The honours of Scotland (The Crown, Sceptre and Sword of State) are housed today, along with the Stone of Scone, in the Crown room in Edinburgh Castle. And thus: "Din Eidyn” became: “Dunedin”

A town named “Dunedin” in New Zealand, a town named “Dunedin” in Florida , USA and our own special “Castle on the Rock” here in Penzance, “The Dunedin”.

The Dunedin
Alexandra Road
Penzance
Cornwall TR18 4LZ

Tel: 01736-362652
FAX: 01736-360497
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