The Top 14 Natural Monuments around St. Austell Bay
St. Austell Bay’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 14
beautiful natural monuments around St. Austell Bay. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around St. Austell Bay. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: November 16, 2025
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
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The jungle
The Lost Gardens of Heligan is one of the most famous gardens in England. It is located eight kilometers south of St Austell near Mevagissey in Cornwall. Originally …
The Lost Gardens of Heligan is one of the most famous gardens in England. It is located eight kilometers south of St Austell near Mevagissey in Cornwall. Originally …
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Charlestown Harbour
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Charlestown is the last open 18th-century Georgian harbour in the UK and has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. As you explore this Grade II-listed harbour, you can …
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Hemmick Beach
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Hemmick is a small and attractive sandy beach to the west of Dodman Point. The beach is accessed by a steep road from the small car park. It is relatively little-visited, meaning that you can enjoy it without the crowds.
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Roche Rock Chapel Ruins
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Roche Rock is a granite outcrop looming 20m high. On top of the rock is the ruin of a chapel built in 1409.
There are plenty of legends surrounding the …
There are plenty of legends surrounding the …
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Gribbin Head Daymark
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Gribbin Head, owned by the National Trust, separates St Austell Bay from the River Fowey estuary. It is marked by a striking red and white daymark, built by Trinity House in 1832.
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Helman Tor
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Helman Tor is a nature reserve and Scheduled Ancient Monument with a granite ridge, logan stone and prehistoric hill fort. It is believed that the site dates back around 6,000 …
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Eden Project
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The artificial biodomes hold plants from all over the world. The project aims at showing the connection between humans and their environment. Walk up the canopy if possible! (edenproject.com/)
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Black Head Headland
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Black Head headland offers near 360 degree views across St Austell bay round to Mevagissey. A spur leads off the SW coast path and up onto the remains of an …
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Alldays Fields
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Former golf course later bought and gifted to the people of Fowey by the businessman G. James Allday.
Lovely place to have a picnic.
Lovely place to have a picnic.
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Mud Maid
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Don't steal her heart or you'll have a lava monster on your hands
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Par Beach Nature Reserve Lake
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Just behind Par beach is a small wetland. A few chalets from Par Sands Holiday Park look out across the lake which must make for a beautiful view at sunrise …
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