Hensbarrow, Natural upland region in Cornwall, England
Hensbarrow extends across 12,000 hectares of land north of St Austell, featuring granite hills that rise between 180 and 300 meters in elevation.
The medieval Blackmoor Stannary established its administrative center at Hensbarrow Beacon, storing official records in the Luxulyan church.
The landscape exhibits a combination of traditional Cornish hedges, stone walls, scattered hamlets, and rural farmsteads across its lower slopes.
Visitors can access the natural summit of Hensbarrow Beacon at 312 meters via a walking path from the western road entrance.
The area contains numerous china clay pits and sand tips, with artificial spoil heaps reaching 355 meters, surpassing the natural peak by 43 meters.
GPS coordinates: 50.38720,-4.82210
Latest update: March 6, 2025 18:41
Wheal Martyn
2.7 km
Wheal Martyn Clay Works
2.8 km
Church of St Dennis
4.4 km
Church of St Gomonda
2 km
Chapel of St Michael at Roche Rock
1.7 km
Parkandillick Engine House
4.8 km
Nanpean Cemetery War Memorial
3.7 km
Menacuddle Well
5 km
Milestone At Sx 039609
5.3 km
Gover Viaduct
5 km
St Mewan Beacon
4.5 km
Roche War Memorial
1.9 km
Goonvean China Clay Works Engine House With Boiler-house And Detached Chimney
5.2 km
Milestone At Sx 011 541
4.4 km
St Austell Viaduct
5.2 km
Milestone At Sx 014626
5 km
Guidestone At Sw 997624
4.5 km
Milestone 100M Ne Of Hallew Farm
3 km
Font In The Churchyard About 2 Metres West Of South Porch Of Church St Dennis
4.4 km
Carlyon Farm China Clay Dry
4.7 km
Milestone At Sx 200 566
2.1 km
Milestone Adjacent To House Known As 'Milestone'
2 km
Milestone In Front Of The Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum (Museum Not Included)
2.8 km
72 And 74, Bodmin Road
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Milestone At Sw 970611
4 km
Milestone At Sx 044571
5 km
Milestone At Sw 954608
4.9 km
Milestone At Sx 043593
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