St Blazey: St Austell
Developing around its parish church, St Austell became Cornwall’s historic centre for the china-clay industry. The town stands close to St Austell Bay on Cornwall’s south coast, where former clay workings, rail links and the port at nearby Par shaped its growth. China clay, or kaolin, remains central to the area’s identity and, from the 18th century onward, supplied ceramics and paper manufacture. The Eden Project occupies a restored clay pit near the town, its biomes forming a major cultural and environmental attraction. St Austell is also the urban heart of the wider Clay Country, a landscape long reshaped by mineral extraction.
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St Blazey is best known in England for its historic association with Cornwall’s china-clay industry. Set beside the River Par, the town developed near the clay workings and transport routes that shaped the St Austell area’s economy from the 18th century onward. Its compact streets lie a short distance inland from St Austell Bay on Cornwall’s south coast, while the wooded Luxulyan Valley and the wider former clay-mining landscape are close by. The parish church, dedicated to St Blaise, reflects the settlement’s long-established identity. Today, St Blazey provides useful context for the industrial heritage of this part of Cornwall. Browse additional webcams from the surrounding area to extend your view of St Blazey and the Cornish coast.
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