Places to explore near St Austell StationSt Austell

The best of Cornwall's coast and moor, gathered into a dozen protected stretches around the county

2 km S

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

2.3 km SE · spans 4 counties

Georgian china-clay port near St Austell, its unchanged harbour often lined with tall ships and used as a period film set.

2.4 km E · Cornwall

Giant biome domes of rainforest and Mediterranean planting built inside a reclaimed china-clay pit near St Austell.

4 km NE

The 'lost' Victorian gardens, rediscovered and restored.

6.4 km S

A jagged granite outcrop in mid-Cornwall with the shell of a medieval hermitage chapel perched right on top

7.4 km N

Working fishing port with a double harbour, narrow lanes and a maze of pastel cottages on the south coast near Heligan.

7.7 km S · Cornwall

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

2.3 km SE · spans 24 counties

Harbourside inn on the Grade II listed Georgian quay at Charlestown, often beside its tall ships.

2.5 km E

A plantsman's arboretum of magnolias and rhododendrons raised from plant-hunters' seed.

3.8 km E

Padstow to Fowey across mid-Cornwall — the old overland shortcut between two coasts, reopened as a waymarked route in 1986.

5.1 km NE · Cornwall

Whitewashed inn set almost on the shingle of a sleepy cove just around the headland from Mevagissey.

8.6 km S