St Erth

城市概覽

St Erth is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It takes its name from Saint Erc, one of the many Irish saints who brought Christianity to Cornwall during the Dark Ages, and is at the old crossing point of the River Hayle. The Cornish name of the place derives from St Uthinoch of whom little is known. The old coaching road once led through the village, before the building of the Causeway in 1825 along the edge of the Hayle Estuary. Prior to 1825 anyone wanting to go from Hayle to St Ives or Penzance had to cross the sands of Hayle Estuary or make a significant detour crossing the River Hayle at the ancient St Erth Bridge. The Star Inn, in St Erth village centre, is a fine coaching inn dating from the fourteenth/fifteenth centuries. It was along this route that tin was carried upcountry from the stannaries of Penwith. Guides took travellers across the sands, but, even with guides, it was sometimes a perilous journey and the shifting sand and racing tide claimed several lives. Because of this major obstacle to trade, a turnpike trust was formed, with Henry Harvey a trustee, to build the causeway which now takes the road below the plantation west to the Old Quay House. Costing £5000 in 1825, the investors charged a toll to use the causeway to recover their costs.

Manor houses Trewinnard Manor is an early 18th-century house built on a different site from its medieval predecessor by the Hawkins family. Trelissick Manor is a medieval house remodelled in 1688 for the Jacobite James Paynter, again remodelled in the 18th century and extended in the 19th century. Tredrea Manor is a 17th-century house but it was largely rebuilt c. 1856. The front is of five bays built in ashlar.

St Erth Sand Pits St Erth Sand Pits was the site of choice for the extraction of clay for the fixing of candles to the helmets of miners. It also was the site of significant fossil finds and in 1962 was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). However,

如何抵達

Car It is possible to drive to St Erth from the main road in Cornwall, the A30. Once you near Hayle, you will see signs to St Erth.

Bus There are multiple bus stops in and around St Erth.

Train St Erth has a railway station on the Cornish main line, with services running to London Paddington and beyond.

Fly The nearest airport is Newquay International near Newquay.

當地交通

St Erth is a small village. It can easily be walked around.

必看景點

1 St Erth's Church, St Erth. St Erth’s Church is a Grade I listed parish church. (updated Jan 2021)

體驗活動

1 Coast 2 Coast Karting. (updated Jan 2021)

購物

1 St Erth Post Office, School Lane TR27 6HN. Convenience store and post office (updated Jan 2021)

美食

1 BK Fisheries. Fish can be bought from BK Fisheries to the south part of the village. (updated Jan 2021)

順遊推薦

1 Hayle 2 Carbis Bay 3 Marazion 4 St Ives 5 Penzance 6 Zennor 7 Newlyn 8 Madron and Sancreed 9 Mousehole 10 Porthleven 11 Helston 12 Pendeen 13 St Buryan 14 Redruth 15 St Just in Penwith