Wheal Martyn

Wheal Martyn Discover Cornwall's secret at the UK's only china clay mining museum.
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Set in 26 acres of woodland and amongst the remains of a Victorian china clay works nestled in the historic Ruddle Valley Wheal Martyn provides a fascinating day of discovery and adventure for everyone

This photograph taken from Hensbarrow Downs shows the hamlet of Trezaise with Roche Church behind! We love sharing   wit...
05/09/2024

This photograph taken from Hensbarrow Downs shows the hamlet of Trezaise with Roche Church behind!

We love sharing with you, keep your eyes peeled each week for more throwbacks ✨

Thank you to Mike Grigg from the China Clay History Society for the stories ⚒

Have you visited the 'Inspiring Artists of the Future' exhibition yet? ✨Join us in the Roger Preston Gallery to observe ...
04/09/2024

Have you visited the 'Inspiring Artists of the Future' exhibition yet? ✨

Join us in the Roger Preston Gallery to observe a captivating showcase of seascapes, abstract art and more from Cornwall Council Schools Art Collection.🎨

With such a fascinating array of artwork available to see, there’s sure to be something for everyone to enjoy!

Free to enter, price included in museum admission.🎟

Find out more: https://www.wheal-martyn.com/Event/inspiring-artists-of-the-future

📣 Upcoming events at Wheal Martyn 📣From classic cars to exciting exhibitions, there’s lots to look forward to over the n...
30/08/2024

📣 Upcoming events at Wheal Martyn 📣

From classic cars to exciting exhibitions, there’s lots to look forward to over the next few weeks at Wheal Martyn including:

🎨 Inspiring Artists of the Future Exhibition – Until 2 October

🎵 Dalla Duo music night – Thursday 5 September

👗 Clothes swap fundraiser – Thursday 12 September

🎶 Burton Bradstock music night – Thursday 19 September

🚗 Classic car rally – Sunday 22 September

Find out more: https://www.wheal-martyn.com/Pages/Events/Category/events-listing

Can anyone guess what year this incident happened at Pontsmill? 🚛Let us know your answers in the comments below 👇
29/08/2024

Can anyone guess what year this incident happened at Pontsmill? 🚛

Let us know your answers in the comments below 👇

Join us on Sunday 22 September for Wheal Martyn's Classic Car Rally. Bring along your classic vehicle to display around ...
29/08/2024

Join us on Sunday 22 September for Wheal Martyn's Classic Car Rally. Bring along your classic vehicle to display around the historic grounds or come along and enjoy the vehicles on show. For more details and to get your classic car booked in see our website https://www.wheal-martyn.com/Event/classic-car-rally-22-september

Have you spotted any ducks at Wheal Martyn recently? Challenge your friends to race toy ducks through the water channels...
28/08/2024

Have you spotted any ducks at Wheal Martyn recently?

Challenge your friends to race toy ducks through the water channels around Wheal Martyn from now until Monday 2 September!

For just 50p per duck, find where to launch them and follow the ducks through the water channels to discover where they will emerge.🦆

After a busy day racing at Wheal Martyn, the ducks can be taken home to keep.🌞

Find out more: https://www.wheal-martyn.com/Event/the-set-sail-trail

📣 Summer activities 📣Looking to fill the rest of the summer with plenty of fun and creative activities? Look no further!...
23/08/2024

📣 Summer activities 📣

Looking to fill the rest of the summer with plenty of fun and creative activities? Look no further!

Here's what's on:
⛵️ The set sail trail
🖍 Sea-riously fun activities
📚 The Grimwood museum adventure
🖼 Inspiring artists of the future exhibition

We’re looking forward to welcoming you to Wheal Martyn!

Find out more: https://www.wheal-martyn.com/Pages/Events/Category/events-listing

If you’re looking for a new group activity, there’s plenty to get involved in at Wheal Martyn! Some of our regular group...
20/08/2024

If you’re looking for a new group activity, there’s plenty to get involved in at Wheal Martyn!

Some of our regular groups include:

🪡 Stitches: a chance to craft alongside likeminded people.
🖍 Memory Café: a place to chat over a cuppa and take part in creative activities.
🗣 Lowender gans kernewek: a monthly opportunity for Cornish speakers of all abilities to learn some new phrases or have fluent conversations.
🌱 Climate café: A welcoming space to come together, discuss climate concerns and leave feeling energised!

More on our events here: https://www.wheal-martyn.com/Pages/Events/Category/events-listing

This photograph taken on 5 June 1982 shows the Crown Hill Royal British Legion Band playing at Lee Moor Carnival! We lov...
19/08/2024

This photograph taken on 5 June 1982 shows the Crown Hill Royal British Legion Band playing at Lee Moor Carnival!

We love sharing with you, keep your eyes peeled each week for more throwbacks ✨

This photograph shows Gunheath Pit, near Carthew, in July 1973!We love sharing   with you, keep your eyes peeled each we...
15/08/2024

This photograph shows Gunheath Pit, near Carthew, in July 1973!

We love sharing with you, keep your eyes peeled each week for more throwbacks ✨

Thank you to Mike Grigg from the China Clay History Society for the stories ⚒

It's a fabulous day for our creative clay workshop at Moor Square for Falmouth week.☀️Make sure to come see us if you're...
14/08/2024

It's a fabulous day for our creative clay workshop at Moor Square for Falmouth week.☀️

Make sure to come see us if you're in the area!

14/08/2024

So peaceful watching the waterwheel going around & the little piskie hanging on to the balance box for dear life!

Fancy ‘hanging’ out with these guys? 🦇 6 of them snoozing in our Linhay building this morning!
13/08/2024

Fancy ‘hanging’ out with these guys? 🦇 6 of them snoozing in our Linhay building this morning!

Come and join us on Thursday 5 September for our next Cornish Music evening with Dalla Duo.✨They offer a celebration of ...
12/08/2024

Come and join us on Thursday 5 September for our next Cornish Music evening with Dalla Duo.✨

They offer a celebration of the very best of Cornish traditional music in all its varied glory, from wild and mesmerising dance tunes to beautifully haunting slower pieces. 🎤

This includes instrumentals on bouzouki and clarinet, as well as songs in Cornish and in English. 🎶

Don't miss out, book your tickets here 👇
https://www.wheal-martyn.com/Event/dalla-duo-september-2024

Can you help us identify this photo? 📸This picture recently came to us with no information 🔍If you know anything about t...
09/08/2024

Can you help us identify this photo? 📸

This picture recently came to us with no information 🔍

If you know anything about the happenings, location or individuals in the photograph we would love to hear!

Let us know any information in the comments 👇

08/08/2024
This week’s   features a 71-RB excavator in October 1966! Can anyone guess what village the vehicle was turning into in ...
08/08/2024

This week’s features a 71-RB excavator in October 1966!

Can anyone guess what village the vehicle was turning into in the photograph? 📸

Let us know in the comment below 👇

Are you joining the   at Wheal Martyn this August? 📚Share your Grimwood artwork on Twitter/X or Instagram with the hasht...
07/08/2024

Are you joining the at Wheal Martyn this August? 📚

Share your Grimwood artwork on Twitter/X or Instagram with the hashtag & tag Kids in Museums for a chance to win a signed Grimwood book bundle courtesy of Simon Kids UK plus an Art Fund Double Pass + Kids. ✨

More info: https://bit.ly/grimwoodmuseumadventure

Our amazing volunteer wildlife photographer Kevin Bowers has captured these wonderful photographs on site at Wheal Marty...
06/08/2024

Our amazing volunteer wildlife photographer Kevin Bowers has captured these wonderful photographs on site at Wheal Martyn recently. Come along and see what birds you can spot on the nature trails.

🐍 A slick new friend has slithered into our play area and loves it when you show off your balancing skills to walk acros...
04/08/2024

🐍 A slick new friend has slithered into our play area and loves it when you show off your balancing skills to walk across his back. But, first, he needs a name ...

👉 We want to hear your suggestions on what to call this sneaky snake! Comment what you think he should be called and we’ll choose the one we like best 👀

This photograph of a 'Railway Outing' was taken in 1927 but can anyone guess the location? 🚂Let us know your answers in ...
01/08/2024

This photograph of a 'Railway Outing' was taken in 1927 but can anyone guess the location? 🚂

Let us know your answers in the comments below 👇

We love sharing with you, keep your eyes peeled each week for more throwbacks ✨

Sea-riously fun activities at Wheal Martyn this summer! We have lots of sea themed activities to get involved with – why...
31/07/2024

Sea-riously fun activities at Wheal Martyn this summer!

We have lots of sea themed activities to get involved with – why not create a clay mermaid, decorate a picture frame with seas glass, or sculpt your own ship? ⛵️

No need to book – available Mondays to Fridays. ⚓️

Find out more: https://www.wheal-martyn.com/Event/sea-riously-fun-activities

To celebrate the release of Grimwood: Party Animals by Nadia Shireen, we're joining the   from Kids in Museums & Simon K...
30/07/2024

To celebrate the release of Grimwood: Party Animals by Nadia Shireen, we're joining the from Kids in Museums & Simon Kids UK!

From 3 – 26 August, explore Wheal Martyn’s collection with fox cub siblings, Ted and Nancy, who have escaped urban life and found themselves in Grimwood, the forest where anything can happen. 🌿

Complete the activity sheet to receive your Grimwood sticker! ✨

Find out more: https://www.wheal-martyn.com/Event/the-grimwood-museum-adventure

This photograph shows a ladies hockey match between E.C.L.P and St Austell. 📸Can anyone guess the year of the match?
25/07/2024

This photograph shows a ladies hockey match between E.C.L.P and St Austell. 📸

Can anyone guess the year of the match?

WE'RE HIRING! 📣We have a fantastic opportunity for a cook to support the service of our delicious menu alongside the caf...
24/07/2024

WE'RE HIRING! 📣

We have a fantastic opportunity for a cook to support the service of our delicious menu alongside the café team. 👩‍🍳

You’ll be eager to produce high quality food for our busy café as well as excited to cater for group bookings and conferences.🥂

Front of House experience preferable.

For more information and to apply, visit our website: https://www.wheal-martyn.com/join-the-team

Are you looking for a fun and flexible volunteering gig this summer?Email engagementofficer@wheal-martyn.com or call 017...
23/07/2024

Are you looking for a fun and flexible volunteering gig this summer?
Email [email protected] or call 01726 850362 for more information!

🖌 Have you seen the Schools Art Collection exhibition from Cornwall Council and Royal Cornwall Museum in our gallery yet...
19/07/2024

🖌 Have you seen the Schools Art Collection exhibition from Cornwall Council and Royal Cornwall Museum in our gallery yet? We love this fascinating array of artwork available for visitors to see - there's truly something for everyone.

🎨 Open every day. Admission included in admission price.

This aerial photograph, taken in 1968, shows Goverseth refiner, Dorothy and Hendra Pits 📸Do you have any   to share with...
18/07/2024

This aerial photograph, taken in 1968, shows Goverseth refiner, Dorothy and Hendra Pits 📸

Do you have any to share with us? Let us know yours in the comments below! 👇

Keep your eyes peeled each week for more throwbacks ✨

Address

Wheal Martyn, Carthew, Street Austell
Saint Austell
PL268XG

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+441726850362

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