Pendeen

Pendeen (Cornish: Penn Din or Boskaswal Wartha) is a former mining town in West Cornwall. It is a quaint village in a designated 'Area of Natural Outstanding Beauty' with lots of interesting features such as the stunning lighthouse, a lovely beach, bronze-age monuments such as 'Pendeen Fogou', the house in which the famous Cornish antiquarian William Borlase was born, Geevor Tin Mine museum complex, superb views from the 'carn' (hill), two great pubs (The Radjel and The North Inn) and a historical brass band.

Get in
Bus 10 comes from Penzance every half hour M-Sa, less frequently on evenings and Sundays. Every other bus goes via St Just in Penwith.

Get around
Free parking, then walk or simply drive to where you want to go.

Do

 * Walk along the South-West Coast Path.
 * Walk to the prehistoric sites inland.

Eat
The North Inn and The Radjel do good food and proper real ale.

Drink
The two pubs, the North Inn and The Radjel, both offer good food and real ale.

Sleep

 * Couple of B&Bs and Inns that have rooms

Go next

 * St Ives to the north along the North Coast Road (B3306), essentially a 15-mile (25-km) rally course. Wear seatbelts and keep an eye for oncoming traffic doing the same.
 * St Just in Penwith to the south.
 * Penzance to the east.