Bojewyan

A scattered hamlet near Cape Cornwall, where fields end and the Atlantic begins. Remote, windswept, and strikingly beautiful – this is Land's End peninsula at its most elemental.

History: Bojewyan (Cornish: Bosejown) means "John's dwelling" – a simple name for a simple place. This was never a cohesive village, just a scatter of farms and cottages on the high moors west of St Just. The area was historically part of the St Just mining district, but Bojewyan itself was more agricultural than industrial. Farmers here worked the thin soils and raised livestock on the rough moorland pasture. The hamlet is close to Cape Cornwall, historically considered the true westernmost point of England (though Land's End projects slightly further). In the 19th century, small-scale tin and copper mines operated in the area, but Bojewyan remained modest. In the 20th century, as farming mechanized and became less labor-intensive, the population dwindled. Today, Bojewyan is a tiny settlement, home to a handful of farms and holiday cottages. The landscape is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and World Heritage Site (for its mining remains), and the area attracts walkers and those seeking Cornwall's wild Atlantic edge.