Places to visit

Camborne

Camborne/Kambronn is a town north east of St Ives off the A30 that expanded during the mining boom in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Camborne's parish church was built in the fifteenth century. Here is tenth or eleventh century alter stone set in the alter of the church which came from Chapel La. The churchyard is home to a number of crosses brought from other sites. The town has a number of light industries and has developed into popular place to visit with shopping and leisure facilities.

Carn Brea

The Carn Brea hill has site encircling stone walls constructed about six thousand years ago. A series of large stone walls encircle the central and eastern tors of the hill, with a double set of ramparts built across the slopes which links both and encloses the area between them. Excavations in point to them dating to the Early Neolithic period of between 4,000 and 3,500 BC. Archaeological digs in the interior of the eastern enclosure uncovered remains of rectangular lean-to houses against the internal face of the ramparts. Flint arrow heads found around the main entrance to the enclosure indicated that the site had been attacked by warriors with evidence that the houses had been burned down, pointing to a period of tribal warfare.

Redruth - Resrudh

Redruth/Resrudh is a town to the north east of Camborne and about nine miles west of Truro and developed with the expansion of the mining industry. The church of St Uny was built in 1756 on an original Norman site. Murdoch House built in the seventeenth century originally as a chapel is next door to St Rumon's Gardens. The Cornish Studies Centre in Alma Place houses the Tregellas Tapestries as well as books, maps and other written material. It is also the location of the Tourist Information Centre. On the edge of the town is Carn Brea the Neolithic Tor Enclosure and later Iron Age settlement. Carn Brea Castle, close to the top of the hill was originally built as a chapel, in 1379 and then rebuilt as a hunting lodge in the eighteenth century. The town has market and shopping facilities as well as other leisure industry outlets.

Porthtowan

Porthtowan is a coastal village on the Atlantic Coast about three miles north of Redruth. Historically mining was important to the village and the remains Wheal Coates mine are nearby. Tourism developed into an important factor following the decline of the mining industry. Porthtowan is known for surfing and a sandy beach with dunes.

St Agnes - Breaneck

St Agnes/Breaneck is a village and popular tourist location north along the coast from Porthtowan and about five miles north of Redruth. It is noted for it's scenic coastal walks. The Beacon is a prominent local landmark with spectacular views of the surrounding coast line. Wheal Coats Mining buildings are on the coast close to the village. St Agnes Parish Museum is in the village and gives a history of the area.

Perranporth - Porthpryan

Perranporth/Porthpryan is a village on the Atlantic coast north from St Agnes and about six miles southwest of Newquay with shops, restaurants and leisure facilities. Perranporth and Perran beach is a popular tourist location and also hosts an annual inter Celtic Festival involving the six Celtic nations of Breizh (Brittany), Eire (Ireland), Kernow (Cornwall), Mannin (Isle of Man), Alba(Scotland) and Cymru (Wales).

Perranzabuloe - Pyran yn Treth

Perranzabuloe/Pyran yn Treth is a small village about a mile south of Perranporth. The name is derived from "Piran in the sand" referring to St Piran (the patron saint of Cornwall), who founded a church on the coat close to Perranporth in the seventh century. The site of St Piran's is in the sands of Penhale. Having been abandoned, it was returned to the sand after excavation in the early twentieth century. St Piran's Cross is nearby, which is said to be the earliest recorded stone cross in Cornwall.

Mitchell

Mitchell is inland from Perran bay and along the B3285 east to the A30 and northeast along that road. It is about seventeen miles southwest of Bodmin. In the village is a sixteenth century coaching inn. Carland Cross about a mile west of Mitchell is the site of Iron Age burial mounds.

St Newlyn East - Eglosniwlin

St Newlyn East/Eglosniwlin is northwest from Mitchell and is about three miles south of Newquay. The church is Norman in origin with a font from that period although much of the existing building is fourteenth and fifteenth century.

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