Chapel Carn Brea

#1601 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Top attraction, Ruins, Historical place, Archaeological site

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Chapel Carn Brea is an elevated Hercynian granite outcrop, owned by the National Trust at the southern edge of the civil parish of St Just, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hill is 5 kilometres south of St Just and 3.5 kilometres east of Sennen Cove, and just to the north of the A30 London to Land's End road, which runs through the village of Crows-an-Wra. It should not be confused with another Carn Brea, the hill overlooking the Camborne–Redruth area. ()

Elevation: 650 ftProminence: 98 ftCoordinates: 50°5'42"N, 5°39'23"W

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Chapel Carn Brea – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Minack Theatre, Cot Valley, Maen Castle, Ballowall Barrow.

3.7 miS
Open-air amphitheatre with sea views
Minack Theatre, Penzance
96 min walk • Nestled atop the rugged cliffs of Cornwall, the Minack Theatre in Penzance is a remarkable open-air theatre that offers one of the most unique theatrical experiences in the United Kingdom. Built in the 1930s by Rowena Cade, the theatre has become renowned for its...
2.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Cot Valley, St. Just in Penwith
64 min walk • Cot Valley is located half-a-mile south of St Just in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a very mild microclimate. The stream which runs down the valley discharges into the Atlantic Ocean at Nanven.
2.8 miSW
Forts and castles
Maen Castle, Land's End
71 min walk • Maen Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort or 'cliff castle' close to Land's End in Cornwall. It is one of only two fortified sites in Cornwall where Early Iron Age pottery has been found.
2.7 miNW
Prehistoric site
Ballowall Barrow, St. Just in Penwith
70 min walk • Ballowall Barrow is a prehistoric funerary cairn which Ashbee and Hencken state contains several phases of use from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. It is situated on the cliff top at Ballowall Common, near St Just in Cornwall, England, UK. It is also known as Carn Gluze Barrow.
2.1 miSW
Sand dune
Whitesand Bay, Land's End
54 min walk • Whitesand Bay is a wide sandy bay near Land's End in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It stretches for one mile between the headlands of Pedn-mên-du and Aire Point. and contains the village of Sennen Cove. It is also a landing point for the Atlantic Crossing 1 international telecommunications cable.
1.1 miNE
Prehistoric site, Historical place
Carn Euny, Madron and Sancreed
29 min walk • Carn Euny is an archaeological site near Sancreed, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom with considerable evidence of both Iron Age and post-Iron Age settlement. Excavations on this site have shown that there was activity at Carn Euny as early as the Neolithic period.
2.3 miNW
Church
St Just in Penwith Parish Church, St. Just in Penwith
59 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.
2.3 miNW
Amphitheatre
Plen-an-gwary, St. Just in Penwith
59 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.
2 miSE
Church, Gothic architecture
St Buryan's Church, St Buryan
53 min walk • The Church of St Buryan is a late-15th-century Church of England parish church in St Buryan in Cornwall, England.
2.4 miSW
50°4'40"N • 5°42'15"W
Roundhouse and Capstan Gallery, Land's End
63 min walk • Shopping, Museum, Art gallery
2.4 miSW
Church
St Sennen's Church, Land's End
62 min walk • St. Sennen's Church, Sennen is a parish church in the Church of England located in Sennen, Cornwall, England, UK.