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Local Information for St. Agnes

St Agnes has an extremely rich mining history due to the high quality tin found in the area. The mining trail begins at the famous Wheal Coates tin mine (pictured below) on the cliffs near Chapel Porth, continuing along the Coast Path to the old workings at Polberro and Wheal Kitty and finishing at Blue Hills at Trevellas, the last remaining tin production centre in the UK

The mine workings at Wheal Coates reach down to the sea and at high tide, you can hear the waves crashing against the rocks through a grate covering the old mine shaft.

At low tide, part of the mine workings are accessible through a large cave at the far end of Chapel Porth beach. Local legend tells that Wheal Coates is haunted by the ghosts of miners who tragically lost their lives whilst working in its depths.

The unique high quality tin of St Agnes was formed by action between the granite and the complex rock around the area's cliffs.

As the mines around the coastline grew ever d...More