Wheal Martyn

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Wheal Martyn is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall. It is one of 148 SSSIs in the county. It is the smallest of them.

St Austell Station is about 3.2 km away to the south-east. For more of the same, St. Mewan Beacon and Roche Rock are close by.

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