Explore Charlestown Shipwreck and Heritage Centre and its Surroundings

The Eden Project (2.0 miles)
It hardly needs any introduction…
www.edenproject.com

Bens Playworld (1.3 miles)
Indoor fun for young children, including slides, giant tubes and fireman’s poles.
www.bensplayworld.co.uk

The Film Centre (1.7 miles)
www.wtwcinemas.co.uk

Pentewan Valley Cycle Hire (3.0 miles)
Pedal off to Eden…
www.pentewanvalleycyclehire.co.uk

Lobbs Farm Shop (4.1 miles)
www.lobbsfarmshop.com

Innis Fly Fishery (3.1 miles)
Three lakes and a good tackle shop.
www.innis-fly-fishery.co.uk

Boilie Stop (1.7 miles)
Angling supplies.

Weights and Baits (1.7 miles)
Angling supplies.

Mevagissey Shark and Angling Centre (4.6 miles)
Angling supplies and wreck and shark fishing trips.

Mid-Cornwall Galleries (1.6 miles)
The largest gallery of contemporary art in the West Country.
www.mid-cornwall-galleries.co.uk

The Lost Gardens of Heligan (4.1 miles)
Magical gardens, restored by Tim Smit, who later went on to create the Eden Project.
www.heligan.com

Carlyon Bay Golf Club (.9 miles)
Clifftop fairways.
www.carlyongolf.com

China Clay Country Park Mining and Heritage Museum (3.3 miles)
The south coast’s landscape owes a great deal to the china clay mines; this museum gives you a fascinating insight.
www.wheal-martyn.com

Lanjeth Riding School (3.9 miles)
Take a lesson in the indoor or outdoor schools at this stable.

Boskell Riding Centre (2.7 miles)
Hacks in quiet countryside.

Fowey to Mevagissey Passenger Ferry (4.5 miles)
A great way to see the south coast – and perhaps basking sharks and dolphins too.
www.mevagissey-ferries.co.uk

The Regimental Museum (3.9 miles)
History for the bloodthirsty.

Mevagissey (4.5 miles)
Mevagissey has a bustling working harbour where the fishermen will take you out for fishing or pleasure. The twisting tiny streets have a variety of art and craft shops, pubs and restaurants and a World of Model Railways exhibition of 50 working trains.

Readymoney Cove (5.0 miles)
A perfect scooped-out circle of sand backed by ancient looking vegetation.

Charlestown (.4 miles)
A beautifully unspoilt Georgian harbour town and working port, Charlestown is a stunning little slice of history. At the harbour itself, there is often a variety of traditional ships, including tall ships, many of which are open to the public. The Charlestown Shipwreck and Heritage Centre has many exhibits detailing the seafaring history of the port, including the many sailing disasters the town has borne witness to. The village has two beaches, one either side of the harbour.

St Austell (1.6 miles)
Approaching St Austell from the west, your first impression will be of a vast, sweeping bay that, on a sunny day, glitters like somewhere far more exotic. St Austell itself is a town in the midst of total transformation; once somewhat workaday, St Austell is now becoming a holiday destination with restaurants, bars and unique shops. The seaside remains the principal draw here, though – from Par Sands in the east to Porthpean in the west, St Austell Bay has many great beaches.