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📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

50.15202, -5.68394

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦107+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chough and Herring Gull
🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦107+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chough and Herring Gull
🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Chough, Herring Gull, Gannet +104 more · last seen 2025; Coastal cliffs — seabirds and cliff-nesting species

Ancient woodland

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Chough, Herring Gull, Gannet +104 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland

Heritage

Strong match

Free

Historic site with public access

Hiking

Strong match

Free

Named hiking route nearby: South West Coast Path (Section 22: Pendeen to Sennen Cove); Named hiking route nearby: South West Coast Path (Section 22: Pendeen to Sennen Cove)

Family friendly

Good match

Free

café

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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2 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

South West Coast Path (Section 21: St Ives to Pendeen)Walking route▾

Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route

South West Coast Path (Section 22: Pendeen to Sennen Cove)Walking route▾

Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route

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Mountain biking

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1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

West Kernow Way Part 2Mountain bike route▾

Named route

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Horse riding

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3 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

30,400 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

30,400 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds107 species

autumn

2025

Chough · Herring Gull · Gannet · Manx Shearwater · Great Black-backed Gull

+102 more species

All 107 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GannetMorus bassanus
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
SwallowHirundo rustica
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
MagpiePica pica
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RazorbillAlca torda
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Sabine's GullXema sabini
DunnockPrunella modularis
RavenCorvus corax
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Rock DoveColumba livia
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Leach's PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common TernSterna hirundo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Common GullLarus canus
Black TernChlidonias niger
DunlinCalidris alpina
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
SwiftApus apus
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
PuffinFratercula arctica
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Little TernSternula albifrons
Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
TealAnas crecca
Little AukAlle alle
EiderSomateria mollissima
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
WryneckJynx torquilla
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
SanderlingCalidris alba
GadwallMareca strepera
Wilson's PetrelOceanites oceanicus
RedshankTringa totanus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
CuckooCuculus canorus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus

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Mammals1 species

springsummer

2025

Rabbit

🐝

Insects8 species

spring

2025

Rhingia campestris · Scathophaga stercoraria · Migrant Hawker · Great Green Bush-cricket · Isomira murina

+3 more species

All 8 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
Isomira murinaIsomira murina
Western Bee-flyBombylius canescens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

30,400 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds107 species

autumn

2025

Chough · Herring Gull · Gannet · Manx Shearwater · Great Black-backed Gull

+102 more species

All 107 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GannetMorus bassanus
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
SwallowHirundo rustica
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
MagpiePica pica
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RazorbillAlca torda
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Sabine's GullXema sabini
DunnockPrunella modularis
RavenCorvus corax
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Rock DoveColumba livia
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Leach's PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common TernSterna hirundo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Common GullLarus canus
Black TernChlidonias niger
DunlinCalidris alpina
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
SwiftApus apus
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
PuffinFratercula arctica
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Little TernSternula albifrons
Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
TealAnas crecca
Little AukAlle alle
EiderSomateria mollissima
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
WryneckJynx torquilla
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
SanderlingCalidris alba
GadwallMareca strepera
Wilson's PetrelOceanites oceanicus
RedshankTringa totanus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
CuckooCuculus canorus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus

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Mammals1 species

springsummer

2025

Rabbit

🐝

Insects8 species

spring

2025

Rhingia campestris · Scathophaga stercoraria · Migrant Hawker · Great Green Bush-cricket · Isomira murina

+3 more species

All 8 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
Isomira murinaIsomira murina
Western Bee-flyBombylius canescens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

22 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Ruins of the power and compressor house, Levant Mine

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Photos

📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Ruins of the power and compressor house, Levant Mine

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Facilities

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Café

1 nearby · 122m

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Parking

1 nearby · Paid · 145m

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🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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✦Geevor MineHistoric site500 m→🌱St Just Recreation ParkUrban park3.4 km→🌱Silver Jubilee ParkUrban park1.5 km→🌱Carrallack gardensUrban park3.6 km→⛪St John the Baptist ChurchReligious grounds1.4 km→🌱Borlaze ParkUrban park1.7 km→