Carn Marth

#1000 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Carn Marth is the name of a hill in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, near Redruth. It is 235 m high, and is well known for the granite quarried from it in the past. ()

Coordinates: 50°13'24"N, 5°12'17"W

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Carn Marth – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Great Flat Lode, Carn Brea Castle, Carn Brea, Tehidy Country Park.

1.9 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Great Flat Lode, Camborne
48 min walk • The Great Flat Lode is a mineral-bearing body of rock under the southern granite slopes of Carn Brea south of Camborne in west Cornwall, England, UK.
1.8 miW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Carn Brea Castle, Redruth
46 min walk • Carn Brea Castle on Carn Brea is a 14th-century grade II listed granite stone building which was extensively remodelled in the 18th century as a hunting lodge in the style of a castle for the Basset family. The building is in private use as a restaurant.
2 miW
Historical place, Prehistoric site
Carn Brea, Camborne
51 min walk • Carn Brea is a civil parish and hilltop site in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The population of Carn Brea including Bosleake and Church Coombe was 8,013 at the 2011 census. The hilltop site is situated approximately one mile southwest of Redruth.
4.6 miW
Park
Tehidy Country Park, Camborne
118 min walk • Tehidy Country Park is a country park in Illogan in Cornwall, England which incorporates 250 acres of the parkland and estate around Tehidy House, a former manor house of the Tehidy manor.
5.8 miSE
Church
St Laud's Church
148 min walk • The Church of Saint Laudus is an active parish church in Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK, originally built in the 15th century and dedicated to the sixth-century Saint Laudus of Coutances. It is part of the Church of England Diocese of Truro.
4.3 miW
Church
St Martin and St Meriadoc's Church, Camborne
111 min walk • St Martin and St Meriadoc's Church, Camborne is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Camborne, Cornwall.
3.1 miW
Playground, Archaeological site
Heartlands Cornwall, Camborne
79 min walk • Heartlands Cornwall, often known simply as Heartlands, is a World Heritage Site Gateway and visitor attraction in Pool, Cornwall, England, UK. It has been dubbed as Cornwall's first free cultural playground. It was developed at South Crofty's Robinson Shaft and spread over 19 acres in the former mining heart of Cornwall.
5.2 miSE
Natural history museum, Museum
Camborne School of Mines, Penryn
134 min walk • The Camborne School of Mines, commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888. Its research and teaching is related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the environment.
6.7 miSE
50°9'51"N • 5°5'3"W
Falmouth Marina, Falmouth
171 min walk • Sailing, Marina
6.5 miSE
Cemetery
Congregationalist Cemetery, Penryn
167 min walk • The Congregationalist Cemetery at Ponsharden, Cornwall was opened in 1808 to serve the Dissenting Christian congregations of Falmouth and Penryn. It received approximately 587 burials over a period of 120 years, before being abandoned in the 1930s. During the 20th century the site experienced significant neglect and extensive vandalism.
3.2 miSW
Museum
King Edward Mine, Camborne
82 min walk • The King Edward Mine at Camborne, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom is a mine wholly owned by Cornwall Council. At the end of the 19th century students at the Camborne School of Mines spent much of their time doing practical mining and tin dressing work in the local tin mines.