Botallack Mine, St. Just in Penwith

Name: Botallack Mine
Address: St. Just in Penwith, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in St. Just in Penwith

Top attraction, Archaeological site

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The Botallack Mine is a former mine in Botallack in the west of Cornwall, England, UK. Since 2006 it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site – Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape. The mine is within the Aire Point to Carrick Du Site of Special Scientific Interest and the South West Coast Path passes along the cliff. ()

Coordinates: 50°8'25"N, 5°41'21"W

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St. Just in Penwith United Kingdom

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Botallack Mine – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Levant Mine and Beam Engine, St Just in Penwith Parish Church, Plen-an-gwary, Geevor Tin Mine.

0.8 miN
Mine, Historical place, Museum
Levant Mine and Beam Engine, Pendeen
21 min walk • Levant Mine and Beam Engine is a National Trust property at Trewellard, Pendeen, near St Just, Cornwall, England, UK. Its main attraction is that it has the world's only Cornish beam engine still operated by steam on its original site.
1.2 miSE
Church
St Just in Penwith Parish Church, St. Just in Penwith
30 min walk • St Just in Penwith Parish Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in St Just in Penwith, Cornwall, UK.
1.2 miS
Amphitheatre
Plen-an-gwary, St. Just in Penwith
30 min walk • A plen-an-gwarry or plain-an-gwary, is a "playing-place" or round, a medieval amphitheatre found in Cornwall. A circular outdoor space used for plays, sports, and public events, the plen-an-gwary was a Cornish variant of a construction style found across Great Britain.
1 miNE
Mine, Museum
Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen
26 min walk • Geevor Tin Mine, formerly North Levant Mine is a tin mine in the far west of Cornwall, United Kingdom, between the villages of Pendeen and Trewellard. It was operational between 1911 and 1990 during which time it produced about 50,000 tons of black tin.
0.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Kenidjack Valley, St. Just in Penwith
25 min walk • Kenidjack Valley, sometimes referred to as Nancherrow Valley, is a steep-sided valley in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The Tregeseal River flows down the valley and discharges into the Atlantic a few hundred yards north of Cape Cornwall 50.130°N 5.703°W, half-a-mile north-east of the village of St Just.
1.3 miSW
Harbor
Priest Cove, St. Just in Penwith
34 min walk • Priest Cove or Priest's Cove is a small cove one mile west of St Just, Cornwall, UK. The name is from the Cornish Porth Ust, the port or cove of St Just, which was shortened to Por’ Ust.
1.2 miSE
Church
Sancreed Parish Church, St. Just in Penwith
30 min walk • Sancreed Parish Church is the parish church of Sancreed, Cornwall, England, UK. It is an Anglican church in the Diocese of Truro. Sancreed Parish church lies at the heart of the village and is dedicated to St Sancredus.
~1360 ftNW
Neighbourhood
Crown Mines, Pendeen
7 min walk • The Crown Mines are two tin mining engine houses in the village of Botallack in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the end of a track to the cliffs there. They are set deep down in the cliff face. Their tunnels extended under the sea bed for a few miles. The mines are now ruins protected by the National Trust.