Loving Nature Trail

Follow the trail boards to discover the variety of plants and animals that call Wheal Martyn home. Find out more about these species which make our historic museum grounds so special.

No booking required

Price: Included in admission fee.

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Wheal Martyn joins The Wild Escape, the largest ever collaboration between UK museums

Local schools join Wheal Martyn Clay Works on their quest to find a bright future.
Workshop on Clay Sailing Barge

Make your own Clay Worker on an authentic china clay ship.
April Workshop mixed ages

Our spring workshop for mixed ages
April Workshop Age 9+

Our spring workshop

Workshop on Clay Sailing Barge

Make your own Clay Worker on an authentic china clay ship.
Earth Day community gathering

A community fun day to celebrate The Wild Escape & Earth Day; with a community dance performance by SpinDrift, nature inspired arts and crafts, activities and stalls from local environmental groups.
‘Off the beaten clay trail’ sponsored walk

Join us to enjoy some off road walking through the clay mining landscape and around the base of the iconic sky tip whilst helping raise money to support Wheal Martyn Trust’s educational and community engagement work.
‘Waste not’ clothes swap shop fundraiser

It’s time to start thinking about the spring wardrobe and what better way to update it at a low cost whilst also helping the planet and local charity too?
Spring nature spotter trail

As spring officially starts, join us at Wheal Martyn to celebrate the sights, sounds and smells of the countryside springing back into life!
Easter fun

Join us at Wheal Martyn this spring for a range of fun hands-on activities that will get you creating, making and painting! Take home a fun memento from your visit and celebrate the spring!
Easter fun

Join us at Wheal Martyn this spring for a range of fun hands-on activities that will get you creating, making and painting! Take home a fun memento from your visit and celebrate the spring!
Easter fun

Join us at Wheal Martyn this spring for a range of fun hands-on activities that will get you creating, making and painting! Take home a fun memento from your visit and celebrate the spring!
Easter fun

Join us at Wheal Martyn this spring for a range of fun hands-on activities that will get you creating, making and painting! Take home a fun memento from your visit and celebrate the spring!
Easter fun

Join us at Wheal Martyn this spring for a range of fun hands-on activities that will get you creating, making and painting! Take home a fun memento from your visit and celebrate the spring!

Buy tickets

Pre-book a timed slot to visit Wheal Martyn.
Prices

Pay once and get free entry all year!
Kurt Jackson: Clay Country

17 May - 5 September 2021
Our museum

China clay mining has shaped the landscape, lives of people and economy of mid-Cornwall for over 250 years. It is Cornwall’s largest mining industry. A fully Accredited Museum, we are based within two Victorian china clay works, now a Scheduled Ancient Monument. We tell the story of this fascinating industry and the people who worked and lived in the shadows of Cornwall’s iconic ‘white pyramids’.
Why visit

Dig deep and discover the special ingredient in your everyday life that still shapes Cornwall and the world today…china clay! It hides in your toothpaste, your paper, your car tyres and even your cosmetics. It’s a billion pound, global industry. We are telling the story of Cornwall’s secret, and the people who brought it to you, from the heart of Clay Country.
Join the team

See the roles we are seeking at Wheal Martyn, including volunteering opportunities.
Cafe

Open from 10am - 4pm, free to enter.
Gift shop

Our gift shop is open 7 days a week, 10am - 4pm. Free to enter.
Find us

St Austell. Cornwall, PL26 8XG
Opening times

Wheal Martyn is currently open from 10am - 4pm daily.