Balnoon Campsite

Balnoon Campsite is a campsite in St Ives, West Cornwall, England. Balnoon Campsite is situated nearby to Penhalwyn Trekking Centre, as well as near the village Halsetown.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trink Hill and Leach Pottery.

Trink Hill

Peak

Photo: Jane White, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Trink Hill is a 212-metre-high hill that lies between the hamlets of Trink and Cripplesease, near to the village of Nancledra, Cornwall, UK. Trencrom Hill lies one kilometre to the South East.

The Leach Pottery was founded in 1920 by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada in St Ives, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. The buildings grew from an old cow / tin-ore shed in the 19th century to a pottery in the 1920s with the addition of a two-storey cottage added on to the lower end of the pottery, followed by a completely separate cottage at the top of the site added by Leach in 1927. Leach Pottery is situated 1¼ miles north of Balnoon Campsite.

Giew Mine

Ruins

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Giew Mine is a ruins, which is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Balnoon Campsite.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Halsetown and Cripplesease.

Halsetown

Village

Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Halsetown is a village near St Ives, Cornwall, England. The industrial village was planned by the solicitor and politician James Halse and built in the 1830s.

Cripplesease

Hamlet

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cripplesease is a hamlet in the civil parishes of Ludgvan and Towednack, Cornwall, UK. The B3311 road from Penzance to St Ives passes through the hamlet with Ludgvan on the eastern side and Towednack on the west side of the road.