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ClayTrails

Carthew, Cornwall

St Austell, Cornwall

Open daily

free

About ClayTrails

A network of multi-use trails through the historic china clay country of mid-Cornwall. Explore the unique landscape of the Cornish Alps and discover the area's industrial heritage.
cyclingwalkingminingindustrial

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Pinetum Gardens

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Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum

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The unique landscape of the St Austell china clay area — with its gleaming white spoil heaps, known locally as the Cornish Alps — was shaped by two centuries of industrial extraction. Wheal Martyn preserves a complete nineteenth-century works with waterwheel, settling tanks, and processing sheds, and the outdoor trail through the eerie white landscape is unexpectedly beautiful.

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