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..