The Count House, Botallack Mine — Attraction in St Just

Lovely folk behind counter. Fab pasties. Also: usual cakey & drinks offerings. Loo. Saw someone hire a motorised wheelchair thing so that's obvs a possibility too.

Updated on 25/5/22 to say: Cafe now operated by the Geevor Counthouse crew. They have shiny new proper espresso machine and fabulous coffee beans ground before your eyes The result is spectacularly tasty coffee which went very nicely with a date slice 😋😁 They are just doing drinks, cakes & crisps currently but hope to organise a wider range (including Pasties, yey!). They have only just set up & are still figuring out logistics....but in the meantime, worth a visit for the coffee alone 🥰 Lovely welcoming young woman serving too. Really glad they are there 👍 Updated 27/08/22: Still no Pasties or much in the savoury dept apart from crisps. Coffee still...

Only used the cafe for the loo and at the time we visited in January it was only open until (I think) 3pm. The NT carpark machine didn't recognise our NT membership cards so had to write a note and leave on show so as not to get a fine. We also downloaded the NT circular walk around the headland beforehand as, according to Which? Magazine, this walk is the second most popular walk in Britain but I can't recommend it as we found using the map very annoying and I think you would be better off just wandering around and exploring the area without having to keep referring back to it. The only other thing I feel worth mentioning is that the paths are very uneven in places paved with rough, sharp stones. However the views...

Used this as the starting point for a costal walk. I arrived around 9 am before the main building opened. Free car parking for National Trust members or £5 all day otherwise. You can explore the old mine buildings relatively freely as they are situated just across from the car park. There are couple of other buildings further down that take a little more effort to reach. The walk to Cape Cornwall and back took about 2:30h and is well worth it. Lots of great views and things to see along the way.

The cafe was open by the time I arrived back. I was grateful for a drink and the opportunity to try a local date cake.

There are plenty of other mine relics to explore in the general area if you have the time.

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