Attractions in Charlestown

• Restormel Castle / Lostwithiel

  

  Surrounded by a deep moat and perched on a high mound, the huge circular keep of this castle, built at the turn of the 14th century, survives in good condition.

• Eden Project / St Austell

  

  Cornwall's best known attraction. The site consists of 2 vast landscaped space age greenhouses, or biomes, containing a variety of temperate and tropical plants.

• Lost Gardens of Heligan / Mevagissey

  

  80 acres of superb grounds with a complex of walled gardens and a huge, productive vegetable garden. Set in one of the most mysterious estates in England, Heligan.

• Tregrehan Garden / St Austell

  Dramatic 20ha woodland garden created over the last 200 years by the Carlyon family, forming an exotic green gene bank of known source plants in a temperate rainforest

• China Clay Country Park / St Austell

  

  Museum illustrating the history of china clay extraction in Cornwall since it was discovered in the county in 1746

• St Austell Brewery Visitor Centre / St Austell

  

  The brewery has been brewing beer on the same site for more than 100 years and is Cornwall's oldest independent family brewery

• Kidzworld / St Austell

  

  All weather adventure centre for children, featuring mega slides, giant tubes, ball pools and much more

• Luxulyan Valley / St Austell

  

  Luxulyan Valley consists of 2 miles of beautiful tranquil woodland through which the Par River runs. The valley is also dotted with the remains of the area's mining heritage including the magnificent Treffry viaduct.

• Charlestown Shipwreck Centre / St Austell

  

  There are more than a quarter of a million shipwrecks around the coasts of Britain and the Charlestown Shipwreck Centre illustrates a sample of these in photography and salvaged cargo

• Wingz Bird and Animal Sanctuary / St Austell

  

  Wingz is a charity founded by Grenville & Anita Allen which rescues and re-homes exotic animals from ex pets to surplus zoo stock

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