01 St Just Practicalities
Getting there St Just is seven miles from Penzance. By car, follow the A3071 from Penzance or the B3306 from St Ives. The 17, 17a, 17b, 343 and 345 bus services all serve St Just, as well as the popular Penwith Explorer open-top service, which runs along the spectacular B3306 coast road from St Ives between May and September. The nearest mainline train station is Penzance. See
www.cornwallpublictransport.info for the latest information.
Suggested map Ordnance Survey map 102: Land’s End, Penzance and St Ives (Explorer Maps).
Dog friendliness The St Just Area has lots of year-round dog-friendly beaches, including Cape Cornwall, Progo, Porthnaven and Portheras Cove. Inland, keep dogs on a lead on farmland with grazing animals.
Parking There’s a large free car park in St Just, a pay car park in Pendeen, and a National Trust car park at Cape Cornwall.
Public toilets By the car parks in St Just, Pendeen and Cape Cornwall.
Eating & drinking St Just has lots of good cafés and pubs. On Market Square, Kegen Teg is a lovely café serving delicious wholesome food. The Cook Book on Cape Cornwall St serves cream teas, cakes and light lunches, and has a second-hand bookshop upstairs. While in Pendeen, the North and Radjel Inns are also worthy of a visit. The café at Geevor has a stunning view, and can be used without paying the site admission fee.
Picnic spots Watch Croft, Lafrowda Common, Ding Dong and Kenidjack Head have panoramic views across the Area (but can be quite windy!).
Walk: A twirl of the Cape
Length: 4.8 miles Difficulty: Moderate Terrain: Mostly lanes & good tracks and paths; a few gradients, 1 or 2 a little steep.
This walk starts and finishes in the old mining town of St Just. It passes through an area once heavily mined for tin and copper, passing a number of historic mining sites, and then along the coast to the major landmark of Cape Cornwall. It then continues along the coast past an important prehistoric site before returning to St Just. This walk is particularly good for dogs as it passes a beach and pubs where dogs are welcome. If you want to see the route for this fascinating walk by click here >
Audio Trail: Mines under the Sea
Geevor to Levant Approximate trail length: 1.5 miles. Approximate walking time: Allow 2 hours
This circular trail explores the mining landscape around Geevor and Levant before heading down to the sea and following the coast to Levant Mine. These two sites are amongst a group of mines along the St Just coast which form the greatest concentration of submarine tin and copper mines in the world. There are fantastic views along this trail. We recommend you download and save the entire trail (and individual trails if you wish) to your MP3 device before you visit, as the wifi and signal strength varies from site to site.
Available to download by clicking here >
Audio Trail: Count House and Coast, Botallack
Geevor to Levant Approximate trail length: 1.5 miles. Approximate walking time: Allow 2 hours
This trail explores Botallack Mine with its world famous Crowns’ engine houses, arsenic works and nearby mines. It takes in the Count House owned by the National Trust, which has a free exhibition We recommend you download and save the entire trail (and individual trails if you wish) to your MP3 device before you visit, as the wifi and signal strength varies from site to site.
Available to download by clicking here>
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