Experience the walk, without the walking!
Early St Breward consisted of a number of separate Hamlets, denoted by purple highlighted names. Click on a purple triangle to find out more about a hamlet. The dashed red and blue lines on the map show routes. Use these to plan a walk, which could last half an hour, or half a day! Click the red hotspots to find out about points of interest. Or click on the green squares to see more about a route. The Parish Church is a good place to start, but you can dip in anywhere. Just try it!
If you find the map difficult to use on your phone, scroll down for a simple list of the points of interest linked to more information.
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Choose any place below to explore its story. The references show its position on the printed map.
Churchtown
C1 Mine Hill
Beneath these quiet slopes, nineteenth-century miners sank deep shafts searching for copper and other minerals at Great Onslow Consols.
E1 St Breward War Memorial
This De Lank granite memorial was unveiled on Mine Hill in 2010, continuing St Breward’s long tradition of remembrance.
E1 Parish Church of St Breward
Cornwall’s highest parish church, its ancient granite walls preserve centuries of St Breward’s religious and village history.
E1 Ancient Cross and Churchyard
An extraordinary carved granite cross-head, possibly over a thousand years old, stands amongst generations of St Breward burials.
E1 Victorian Post Box
A surviving Victorian wall letterbox set into the former village stores opposite St Breward Parish Church.
E1 AA Road Sign and Early Shop
A rare 1922 AA village sign marks The Gables, once home to one of St Breward’s earliest shops.
E2 Modlin Lane
An old Churchtown lane descending past Glebe Farm and the former Vicarage to a simple granite slab bridge.
E2 St Breward Village Hall
Built as the village school in 1852, this granite building has served the community for more than 170 years.
E2 The Old Inn & Parish House
A centuries-old centre of village social life, beside the former Parish House where parish business and community welfare were administered.
D2 Church Path
One of St Breward’s old paths, once used on foot or horseback travelling to work, church and school.
Rylands
D3 St Breward Village School
Opened in 1930 at the lower end of Church Path, replacing the old village school at Churchtown.
Row
D5 St Breward Silver Bandroom
Home of St Breward Silver Band, this former chapel has also served as surgery, bank and wartime fire station.
D5 St Breward Community Shop
Community-owned and volunteer-supported, today’s shop continues St Breward’s long tradition of providing local services at Row.
D5 The Methodist Chapel at Row
Row’s Methodist buildings recall generations of worship, Sunday School teaching and community life in the village.
D6 Old Police House & Policing
The former Police House recalls St Breward’s resident policemen and the changing story of law enforcement in the parish.
D6 Bible Christian Chapel — Providence House
Opened in 1871, Providence Chapel reflects the important part Bible Christianity once played in village life.
D4 Historic Dwellings at Row
Older cottages at Row preserve connections with the families, trades and working lives of this once-distinct hamlet.
D5 Duck Street and Tor Down Stream
Cobbled Duck Street and Tor Down Stream preserve the setting of a watermill which worked here until the Second World War.
C5 Tor Down Quarry
Granite has been quarried at Tor Down since the nineteenth century, helping shape St Breward’s landscape and working life.
Higher Penquite
E6 Hawken Manor – Higher Penquite
An old Higher Penquite property associated with the Hawken family, a name deeply woven into St Breward’s history.
E8 Taggart’s Platt
The curious name Tiger’s or Taggart’s Platt may preserve the memory of Victorian vicar Reverend John Tagert.
D7 Bolts Quarry
A flooded nineteenth-century granite quarry associated with the Bolt family, now reclaimed by nature beside Penvorder Lane.
E8 Penvorder House
Methodists gathered at Penvorder House as early as 1784, beginning an important chapter in St Breward’s Nonconformist history.
F7 St Breward Football Club
Village football has roots in the nineteenth century, with several playing grounds used before the club settled at Brake Parc.
Further afield
B3 St James’ Holy Well
A late-medieval granite holy well survives beside Chapel Farm, close to the site of a chapel recorded in 1422.
A6 Coombe Mill
This former watermill beside the River Camel ground grain and also used animal power in its cider-making pound house.