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Easy/Moderate Above St Austell Bay The Clay Trails Further Information Whether you cycle, walk or For more detailed information refer to OS horse ride, these tranquil, mostly Landranger map 200 or The Cornish Way map traffic-free trails, 3-5 miles long issued by Sustrans. Other guides are available from Lerghow an Hwelyow-pri are perfect for you and your family. the local Tourist Information Centres. Explore Cornwall’s Clay Country on the Bugle, Wheal Martyn and the Par Beach Trails. The Wheal Tourist Information Martyn and the Bugle Trails both lead to the Eden Project too. Centres You’ll discover the stunning colours of mica St Austell dams, peaceful lakes, clay tip peaks reaching Southbourne Road. to the sky and how the china clay industry Tel: 01726 76333) has shaped the landscape seen today. You can take the trails at your own pace, and because they are surfaced they are accessible all year round. The Clay Trails are integrated with Imerys’ large scale environmental Contacts restoration programme. Cornwall County Council The trails connect with local towns, bus stops, Tel: 01872 222000 or www. railway stations and with National Route 3 of the cornwall.gov.uk National Cycle Network www.cyclecornwall.com How to get there www.nationalcyclenetwork.org.uk Rail - St Austell and Par are all situated on the main line. Bugle Station is on the Par to Newquay branch line. Clay workings Coach - National Express Public Transport - www.traveline.org.uk Tel: 0870 608 2 608 © Ian Davies, Countywide, Redruth 2005 Car - These routes make use of existing car parking facilities. part of the Cycle Network © Cornwall County Council 2006 Design: CCC Technical Services E01488 05/06 China Clay. Also known as white-gold, it was originally used to make porcelain but its present use is mainly as glazing for glossy paper, in paints and in medicines. The scale of the workings has produced a unique, moving landscape dominated by spoil heaps (‘White Alps’). Get in amongst it on ‘The Cornish Way’ and you will find that the landscape, towering over quiet, wooded valleys and blue flooded pits, has a beauty all of its own. Par Eden Project. Cornwall’s largest Millennium project, the Eden Project has reclaimed and China Clay Country Park transformed a fifteen hectare (34 acre) china clay pit creating 17.6 two climate-controlled plant biomes They recreate the Kilometres climate of the humid tropics 11 and warm temperate regions, enabling plants to grow to a miles similar height and diversity as in their country of origin..

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Bodelva View Circular Route
www.claytrails.co.uk Bodelva View circular route Suitable for Starting/Finishing point Walking only Eden Project (strawberry car park), Bodelva, Cornwall, PL24 2SG Distance 1.8 miles (2.9km) OS grid reference: SX005554 GPS coordinates: 50.363833,-4.747517 Terrain The route is completely off road mostly on good surfaces, some of which are paved. There is a stretch of sand (clay waste) and gravel that may be difficult after rain. Highlights Link in with the Eden to Bugle and Eden to Wheal Martyn Clay Trails Beautiful views of St Austell Bay www.claytrails.co.uk Recommended maps Ordnance Survey Explorer 107 Parking Car parking is available at Eden Project Public transport First’s bus route 101 and Western Greyhound 527 connect St Austell train station with the Eden Project Directions and points of interest Start from the Eden Project’s Strawberry car park and turn left up the hill on the hard surfaced cycling and walking route towards Eden’s North gate. Follow the Bugle Clay Trail signs up the hill and through the pedestrian gate beside the cattle grid, and on as it winds in and then back out beside the Eden access road. Soon after passing the large carved Pineapple and a second cattle grid, turn left as the Clay Trails Bugle signs indicates but leave the paved path here for the sand footpath ahead of you (instead of turning right to continue to Bugle) and walk up the slope. The path is well defined, continue on until you reach an open area of sand. Continue along the sandy area and then take a left at the small granite boulder (if you carry on ahead you would reach Trethurgy village).
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The Coast and Clay Trail
Challenging The Coast Caerhays Castle Veryan and Clay The Coast and Clay Trail Further Information This is the most challenging of the eight trails, although For more detailed information refer to OS Explorer 105 Trail there are easy sections to the north and south of St Austell, and 107. Other guides are available from the local Tourist including the popular off road Pentewan Trail. However, Information Centres. Lergh Arvor ha Pri your efforts will be rewarded! The route provides a contrast of landscapes: rolling farmland; wooded creeks; Tourist Information Centres sheltered coves; colourful fishing villages; historic towns; and views of the unique lunar landscape of the china clay Truro, Municipal Buildings, Boscawen Street industry. Take your time, spend a few days on the trail and Tel: 01872 274555 visit some of the fantastic attractions en-route. It’s worth St Austell, Southbourne Road, the effort! Tel: 01726 879500 Accessible from the Coast and Clay Trail are the Clay Trails Bodmin, Shire Hall, Mount Folly, north of St Austell (see separate map in this series). Tel: 01208 76616 How to get there Contacts Rail - www.nationalrail.co.uk Cornwall Council Tel: 08457 484950 www.cornwall.gov.uk/cornishway St Austell and Bodmin Parkway are situated on the main line. or tel: 0300 1234 202 Public Transport - www.traveline.org.uk www.kingharryscornwall.co.uk Tel: 0871 200 2233 www.sustrans.org.uk Car - These routes make use of existing car parking facilities. www.visitcornwall.com Truro Eden Project St Anthony Lighthouse © Cornwall Council 2012 Part of cycle network t the e N t o he rth St h Co t P r ir rnw an wa s t ll tra tra il ail t the e N t o he Lanhydrock House.
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Downloadable Clay Trails Leaflet
Code of Conduct The Cornish Way With over 200 miles of inter-linking Trails The To all users – please be considerate to other users Cornish Way is a great way to explore Cornwall’s particularly young families and people in wheelchairs. fantastic countryside. It is a network of mainly quiet rural roads and traffic-free off-road routes that connect Bude to Lands End. Many off-road ROUTE MAP Walkers – if you are walking with a dog please keep it routes are also accessible to horse riders and the under close control and clear up any mess. Cornwall’s mobility-impaired. Whatever you choose to do there is so much to be enjoyed... distinctive Horse riders – please proceed at a walk when passing landscapes, historic towns and villages, sandy beaches, local other users, and at no more than a trot at any time to festivals, museums and a host of other visitor attractions. The Clay Trails protect the trail surface. Cornish Way also forms part of the National Cycle Network. Cyclists The National Cycle Network • give way to walkers, wheelchair users and horse riders The Clay Trails are part of the Cornish Way and are links to and from the National Cycle Network, a Network of attractive places Bugle, Wheal Martyn, and leave them plenty of room to cycle throughout the UK. Millions of people live near to the • please don’t expect to use the paths at high speeds Network, one third of which is traffic-free, the rest follows quiet Par and the Eden Project • be prepared to slow down or stop if necessary lanes or traffic-calmed roads.
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