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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Botallack


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Botallack (Cornish: Bostalek, meaning “Talek’s dwelling”) is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives in the east to the A30 road, near Land’s End. The original 1970s BBC television series Poldark was filmed partly in the village, using Manor Farm as Nampara. When you visit Botallack, Walkfo brings Botallack places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Botallack Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Botallack


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With 39 audio plaques & Botallack places for you to explore in the Botallack area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Botallack places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Botallack geography / climate

The village is in a former tin mining area between the town of St Just in Penwith and the village of Pendeen. The Botallack Mine, former tin mines, are low down the cliffs north of the village.

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Visit Botallack PlacesYou can visit Botallack places with Walkfo Botallack to hear history at Botallack’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Botallack has 39 places to visit in our interactive Botallack map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Botallack, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Botallack places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Botallack & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo Botallack tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Botallack

  

Best Botallack places to visit


Botallack has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Botallack’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Botallack’s information audio spots:

Botallack photo Lower Bostraze and Leswidden SSSI
Lower Bostraze And Leswidden SSSI is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is located on the Penwith Peninsula, Cornwall, England, a little to the east of St Just, approximately 8 km west of Penzance.
Botallack photo Tregeseal East stone circle
Tregeseal East (Cornish: Meyn an Dons, meaning “Stones of the Dance”; grid reference SW386323) is a heavily restored prehistoric stone circle. It is one surviving circle of three that once stood aligned along an east–west axis on the hillside to the south of Carn Kenidjack.
Botallack photo St Just in Penwith Parish Church
St Just in Penwith Parish Church is a parish church in the Church of England. It is located in St Just Penwith, Cornwall, UK.
Botallack photo St Just in Penwith
St Just (Cornish: Lan(n)ust), known as St Just in Penwith, is a town and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to the A30 road. The town of St Just is the most westerly town in mainland Britain and is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of Penzance.
Botallack photo Wheal Owles
Wheal Owles was a tin mine in the parish of St Just in Cornwall, UK and the site of a disaster in 1893 when twenty miners lost their lives. Since 2006 it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site – Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape.
Botallack photo Cape Cornwall Mine
Cape Cornwall Mine was a tin mine on Cape Cornwall, a cape at the western tip of Cornwall, England. It operated intermittently between 1838 and 1883, after which it closed permanently and the engine house was demolished. The mine’s 1864 chimney near the peak of the cape was retained as an aid to navigation.
Botallack photo Botallack Mine
The Botallack Mine is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site – Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape. The mine is within the Aire Point to Carrick Du Site of Special Scientific Interest. The South West Coast Path passes along the cliff.
Botallack photo Brisons
The Brisons (Cornish: Enys Vordardh, meaning breaker island) is a twin-peaked islet in the Celtic Sea situated 1 mile (1.6 km) offshore from Cape Cornwall in Cornwall.
Botallack photo Trewellard
Trewellard (from Cornish: Trewylard, meaning “Gwylard’s settlement”; grid reference SW376337) is a small village on the north coast road between St Just and St Ives in Cornwall. Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.
Botallack photo Geevor Tin Mine
Geevor Tin Mine is a tin mine in the far west of Cornwall. It was operational between 1911 and 1990 during which time it produced about 50,000 tons of black tin. It is now a museum and heritage centre left as a living history of a working tin mine.

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Botallack has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Botallack plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Botallack using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Botallack plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.