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Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum

St Austell, Cornwall

Carthew, St Austell PL26 8XG

Apr-Oct daily 10am-5pm

paid

About Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum

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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