





Friendly, quiet, centrally placed ensuite accommodation in a unique Regency town-house. Lost Gardens of Heligan, St.Austell Bay, National Trust properties etc, are all within easy reach. We are a genuine 10 minute walk from the rail/bus station. Well equipped rooms; private off-road parking; great breakfasts; pets welcome.






Arches, St Austell, offers Bed & Breakfast accommodation in a converted and renovated Victorian school; large and spacious en-suite rooms; four poster bed option; great views overlooking the viaduct Bridge and woodland area; Freeview TV; silent mini fridges; close to town centre; on the main new cycle route to Eden Project, 4 miles away; storage space for bikes.






Valley Cottage offers Bed and Breakfast accommodation in Portmellon Cove near Mevagissey, Cornwall, 100yards from the sea, on the Cornish Coast Path. There are two spacious en suite double rooms with tea/coffee making facilities, WiFi and parking. The Eden Project, Heligan Gardens & the National Trust property of Lanhydrock are nearby. Enjoy peace and relaxation in our lovely home.






Vine Cottage in Par, Cornwall, a two centuries-old mine captain’s cottage, is now a B&B with great views over St Blazey, Luxylan Valley and surrounding countryside. Eden Project, Gardens of Heligon, Lanhydrock and other Cornish gardens are close-by. Handy for local beaches and the picturesque fishing villages of Mevagissey, Fowey, Polperro & Looe. Safe parking for cars and motorcycles.






Palm Garden House is less than 2 miles from the Eden Project. The Saints Way and Luxulyan Valley are within half a mile. Stay one night and park your car for free on site for as long as you need while you explore this wonderful area. Beach and coast path 2 to 3 miles away. Can accommodate party of 6 in 3 rooms. Long established family run b and b. Ample on site parking, open all year.

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Address: The Old Quay House Hotel, 28 Fore Street, Fowey, Cornwall, PL23 1AQ

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Address: Spring Cottage BB, Probus, Truro, Cornwall, TR2 4JA

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Address: AppleCroft Bed Breakfast - Carlyon Bay, AppleCroft 90 Beach Road Carlyon Bay, ST. AUSTELL, Cornwall, PL25 3SB

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Address: Meadow Oak Bed Breakfast, Lostwithiel Road, BODMIN, Cornwall, PL30 5AB

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Address: Rashleigh Arms, Charlestown Road, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 3NJ

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Address: Penrose Bed and Breakfast, 1 THE TERRACE, LOSTWITHIEL, Cornwall, PL22 0DT

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Address: Highland Court Lodge, Highland Court Lodge Biscovey Road, St Austell, Cornwall, PL24 2HW

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Address: Lower Barn, Bosue St. Ewe (nr St Austell), Cornwall, Cornwall, PL26 6EU

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Address: St Benets Abbey, ST. BENETS ABBEY TRURO ROAD, BODMIN, Cornwall, PL30 5HF

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Address: milobel house, 20 LOWER BORE STREET, BODMIN, Cornwall, PL312JY
St Austell, Cornwall. The china-clay capital: the spoil heaps like white mountains behind the town when approached from the East. The clay is used in making paper, face-cream, paint, some medicines and numerous other products as well as for porcelain. William Cook-worthy discovered it in Cornwall in 1755. The first pits opened soon afterwards, and St Austell grew steadily from a tin-mining village into a much more densely populated town. Yet its centre has more the air of a market town than an industrial one.
Its church built of stone from Pentewan, some 4 miles South, is exceptional. Its l5th-century tower is decorated, finely and unusually for a Cornish church, with sculptured figures. Inside, a curious thing is a pronounced bend in the axis of the church at the entrance to the chancel. Whether this was for dramatic effect, or due to a building difficulty, or accidental, or to symbolize the droop of Christ's head as he died on the Cross, no one is sure. There is a fine late-Norman font and a good waggon roof.
Just South of the main street (Fore Street) is a pedestrian precinct with overhead walkways and the like. Of the other modern buildings locally the biggest of the china-clay driers is impressive. It is on the outskirts of the town, well-seen from Trewoon, 1 mile West on the Newquay road.
But after the church the important thing not to miss is Menacuddle Well, about ¼ mile out, on the left of the Bodmin road. It is an enchanting place, with rhododendrons, one at least 30 ft high, growing among great beeches, a stream, made milk-like by china clay, pouring over small waterfalls; a bridge over it leading to a tiny granite shrine over a Holy Well, the waters of which, it was believed, strengthened weakling children; nearby, a granite chair.
On the top of a hill about 1¼miles North East of the town centre is the tremendous Carclaze mine. Originally an open-cast tin-mine, then worked for china clay, it is now used for purifying the latter.
Two of the nicest seaside places locally are Porthpean and Ropehaven, about 1½ miles and 3 miles South respectively. Charlestown, about 1 mile South East, is a small china-clay port, surprisingly pretty with late-Georgian houses and a good beach close by. There is good bathing here in the shelter of Carlyon Bay.
Nearby towns: Bodmin, Fowey, Lostwithiel, Mevagissey, Par, St Austell, St. Mawes, Truro
Nearby villages: Boconnoc, Braddock, Bugle, Creed, Golant, Grampound, Ladock, Lanivet, Lanlivery, Lanteglos, Lerryn, Luxulyan, Mitchell, Pentewan, Philleigh, Probus, Roche, Ruan Lanihorne, St. Blazey, St. Clement, St. Columb Major, St. Dennis, St. Enoder, St. Eval, St. Ewe, St. Mawgan, St. Stephen, St. Veep, St. Winnow, Stenalees, Tregoney, Tywardreath, Veryan, White Cross, Withiel
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