Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre, Charlestown

Name: Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre
Address: Quay Road, Charlestown, PL25 3NJ, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1726 69897

#1 among attractions in Charlestown

History museum, Museum, Maritime museum

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The Shipwreck Treasure Museum located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Charlestown, Cornwall, England, is a historical museum housing over 8,000 artifacts from over 150 different shipwrecks. Artifacts include the only intact barrel of coins ever recovered from a wreck, and items relating to famous shipwrecks, including the RMS Titanic and HMS Victory. ()

Coordinates: 50°19'58"N, 4°45'24"W

Address

Quay RoadCharlestown PL25 3NJ United Kingdom

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+44 1726 69897

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Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tregrehan House, St Levan's Church, Pinetum Gardens, Mid Cornwall Galleries.

1.4 miNE
Park
Tregrehan House, Par
35 min walk • Tregrehan is a country house near St. Blazey, Cornwall, designed by George Wightwick. It is described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "Late Georgian.. granite.. Ionic colonnade", "a pretty little lodge".
1 miSW
Church
St Levan's Church, Charlestown
26 min walk • St Levan's Church, Porthpean is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Higher Porthpean, Cornwall.
0.7 miNE
50°20'28"N • 4°44'54"W
Pinetum Gardens, St Austell
18 min walk • Garden, Park
1.6 miNE
50°20'58"N • 4°43'54"W
Mid Cornwall Galleries, Par
41 min walk • Shopping, Museum
0.9 miE
Beach
Carlyon, Par
24 min walk • For the surname, see Carlyon Carlyon is one of four new civil parishes created on 1 April 2009 for the St Austell area of south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The new parish is part coastal and part rural in character. It includes the settlements of Carlyon Bay, Garker and Tregrehan Mills and is represented by nine councillors.
0.5 miNW
Village
Holmbush, Charlestown
13 min walk • Holmbush is a village in Cornwall, England that is situated in the suburban area of St Austell. It was a centre for tin and copper mining in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with a few houses to the south of the A390 road.
0.8 miN
Sport, Sport venue
Wheal Eliza, Charlestown
20 min walk • Wheal Eliza is a cricket ground in Holmbush, to the east of St Austell, Cornwall. The ground is bordered to the south by Holmbush Road, to the east by the A391 road and to the north and west by housing.