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Walking: Near to the coastal path and ancient moorland, there is plenty of diverse walking to experience. The Penwith Moors are noted for the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age remains, that include burial Chambers and settlements such as, Chun Castle and Quoit on the moors behind Pendeen.
Beaches: You can easily reach Sennen and Whitesand Bay, Porthcurno (where the Transatlantic cables come ashore), Penzance and Marazion, taking a walk from the Pendeen Light house you can reach the local beach of Portheras (secret local beach).
Attractions: Visitors can spend time at the Geevor Tin Mine Museum (100 yards) and see the beam engine at the National Trust Levant Mine. A walk across the coastal path brings you to Botallack Mine perched on the cliffs just above the Atlantic. You are within reach of Lands End, St. Michael’s Mount, Mousehole (picturesque fishing village) and the Minack Theatre (carved from the granite cliff, during the summer season plays and musicals are staged against the back drop of the ocean).
There are many interesting villages along this coast; Zennor (set in a landscape little changed in over 2,000 years), Morvah, Lamorna, St Just and nearby Cape Cornwall. Further along the B3306 is St Ives with its beaches and fishing harbour, here you can visit the Tate Gallery St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Eating Out: There are four places to eat within walking distance The Radjel (Pendeen), The North Inn (Pendeen), the Meadery (Trewellard) and the Trewellard Arms Hotel, a little further by car is The Queens Arms (Botallack) and Gurnards Head (Treen). Penzance and Mousehole host a number of restaurants The Old Coastguards (Mousehole) and The Cornish Range (Mousehole).
Links for Local Attractions:
Geevor Tin Mine www.geevor.com
Levant Mine freespace.virgin.net/levant.mine
Minack Theatre www.minack.com
Discovering West Penwith www.westpenwith.com
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