Plan your visit

We are open!

We are now open to visitors. We're excited to welcome you back! Find out about the measures we have put in place to maximise the safety of our staff and visitors. Read more

Prices

Pay once and get free entry all year! Read more

Find us

St Austell. Cornwall, PL26 8XG Read more

Gift shop

Open daily from 10.00am. Free to enter. Read more

Accessibility

We want everyone to feel welcome at Wheal Martyn. If you have access requirements, this information should help you to make the most of your visit. Read more

Cafe

Free to enter. Open 10.00am - 4.30pm, daily Read more

Latest

Fun Palaces - Creative Dance Workshop and Silent Disco

Fun Palaces will be happening globally on 3rd and 4th October, so join us and be part of something exciting!

Be a part of our Fun Palace

We would love any contributions to our Fun Palace, either digitally or in person. Find out more.

Woodland Performance to Celebrate Hidden Nature in Clay Country

We are shining a light on the beauty of china clay country this week, celebrating the national festival ‘Heritage Open Days’ with outdoor mixed art performances of Our Proud Roots on 19th September.

'Relic' - by Neil Brownsword

A new ceramic exhibit by Neil Brownsword, ‘Relic’, is now on display at Wheal Martyn Clay Works, as part of the Whitegold Festival projects in St Austell.

We are open!

We are now open to visitors. We're excited to welcome you back! Find out about the measures we have put in place to maximise the safety of our staff and visitors.

Our Proud Roots - a family exploration of our proud roots

Proudly celebrating our local landscape, environment and people, Our Proud Roots is a chance to explore and reflect on what makes our place and community special, as seen through fresh eyes and with a new perspective in our changed world. This is a chance to re-discover nature and the wonderful effects it has on our body and soul!

Buy a ticket - timed slots

Pre-book a timed slot to visit Wheal Martyn.

Welcoming our community and visitors back

Since reopening on the 5 July, we have enjoyed welcoming back lots of familiar faces as well as some new visitors.

A perspective on Wheal Martyn, by a volunteer

I like to think that in some small way we volunteers – whatever task we do - are making a contribution to the preservation of the industry history in general and Wheal Martyn (something once commonplace but now virtually unique) in particular. Not just for the benefit of future generations but also so that it will not be lost. So future Cornwall explorers can be as astounded as I was.