Wheal Martyn, China clay mining museum in St Austell, United Kingdom.
The museum complex stretches across 26 acres of grounds, featuring preserved Victorian clay works and extensive machinery collections from the mining period.
Founded in 1975, the museum occupies the site of two former Victorian china clay works that operated during Cornwall's industrial mining expansion.
The museum maintains exhibits of tools, photographs, and documents that demonstrate the daily lives of workers in Cornwall's largest mining sector.
Visitors receive unlimited access throughout the year with a single admission ticket, including entry to both indoor exhibitions and outdoor industrial heritage sites.
The museum contains the country's only preserved china clay works with original processing machinery, water wheel, and settling tanks still in their initial positions.
Location: St Austell
Inception: 1975
Address: Wheal Martyn, Carthew, St Austell PL26 8XG PL26 8XG PL26 8XG
Website: https://wheal-martyn.com
GPS coordinates: 50.36540,-4.80700
Latest update: March 3, 2025 16:34
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