St Just United Mines
A number of small ancient tin mines operated on Ballowall and Bosorne Common. During the 19th Century these were amalgamated, eventually into St Just United Mines which operated until the 1880s.
Some exploration took place near Porth Nanven from the 1890s into the early 20th Century (hence the concrete remains). This was to investigate mining the lodes from the St Just United mines at greater depth and beneath the sea, but the site was abandoned after World War II.
On walks
- St Just to Cape Cornwall (3.7 mile walk)
- St Just to Nanquidno (7.4 mile walk)
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Download the app and use it to explore the walks and to purchase a guided route.
The app will direct you to the start of the walk via satnav.
The app guides you around the walk using GPS, removing any worries about getting lost.
The walk route is described with detailed, regularly-updated, hand-written directions.
Each time there is a new direction to follow, the app will beep to remind you, and will warn you if you go off-route.
A map shows the route, where you are at all times and even which way you are facing.
Each walk is packed with information about the history and nature along the route, from over a decade of research than spans more than 3,000 topics.
Once a walk is downloaded, the app doesn't need a phone or wifi signal during the walk.
The app counts down distance to the next direction and estimates time remaining based on your personal walking speed.
We keep the directions continually updated for changes to the paths/landmarks - the price for a walk includes ongoing free updates.
