Useful information for visitors to Marazion
Useful information for visitors
If you’re staying in Marazion or just visiting for the day, we’ve put together some handy information to help you.
Public toilets
There are public toilets in Marazion, open daily in the summer months and at weekends in the winter.
There are public toilets beside the Folly Field Children’s play ground and also in the town centre to the rear of ‘Out of the Blue’
The blue pin on the map shows where these are.
Medical services in Marazion
Should you need medical help while visiting Marazion, we have the following services available.
Marazion Surgery
Marazion has its own surgery with five GPs. Click the link below to visit the website
For out of hours GP service, call 111 and adviser you speak to may refer you to the GP out-of-hours service, which is provided by Kernow Health.
A GP or nurse will phone you to clinically assess and advise you within one hour. If your call is considered urgent, they’ll aim to call within 20 minutes.
If your problem cannot be resolved over the telephone, you will be invited to see a doctor at a local treatment centre.
In certain clinical circumstances, (for example, patients who are elderly, immobile, or receiving palliative care), a doctor will visit you at home. We aim to provide home visits within six hours of your phone call with the GP or nurse, and in urgent cases, within two hours.
If the GP or nurse thinks your problem is more serious, they might call an ambulance for you or advise you to attend the Emergency Department at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro or the Urgent Care Centre at West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance.
Medical Treatment
If someone is seriously ill or injured and their life is at risk call 999
If you need non urgent medical treatment in Marazion dial the NHS 111 number.
Call 111 if you;
need medical help fast but it’s not a 999 emergency,
need to speak to a GP out of normal hours,
don’t have a GP to call,
or don’t know who to call and you need health information or reassurance about what to do next.
Baden House Pharmacy
Stocks medicines and dispenses prescriptions.
Dentists
There are no dentists in Marazion itself. The nearest practices are in Penzance and Hayle, please visit the NHS Choices web site to find up-to-date contact information.