Pendeen
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Get in
Bus 10 comes from Penzance every half hour M-Sa, less frequently on evenings and Sundays. Every other bus goes via St Just in Penwith.
Get around
Free parking, then walk or simply drive to where you want to go.
See
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phone: +44 1736 788662address: Pendeen, TR19 7EWOpen every day except Saturday and tours start at 11AM, 1PM, 3PM. You can see an exhibition about mining and then go on a guided tour. The first part of the tour is through the processing facilities above ground. (How did they get the tin out of the stones?) The second part of the tour is through one of the early mining tunnels.
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phone: +44 1736 786156address: Trewellard, TR19 7SXmine and beam engine (National Trust)
Pendeen Lighthouse
Do
- Walk along the south-west coast path.
- Walk to the prehistoric sites inland.
Eat
The North Inn and The Radjel do good food and proper real ale.
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phone: +44 1736 788446address: Boscaswell Terrace, Pendeen, TR19 7DS2 bars with food and accommodation.
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phone: +44 1736 788417
Drink
The two pubs, the North Inn and The Radjel, both offer good food and real ale.
Sleep
- Couple of B&Bs and Inns that have rooms
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address: +44 1736 787790B&B
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phone: +44 1736 788417B&B and a basic campsite.
Go next
- St Ives to the North along the North Coast Road (B3306) - essentially a 15-mile (25-km) rally course, recommended to drive it at night as fast as you can. Wear seatbelts and keep an eye for oncoming traffic doing the same.
- St Just in Penwith to the South.
- Penzance to the East.