Lat 50.5050° N, lon 4.4170° W●Cornish village

PensilvaSt. Ive and Pensilva

A moorland village with panoramic views from St Austell to Plymouth, built for miners and now home to a close knit community proud of its heritage. The ghosts of the mining boom

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A moorland village with panoramic views from St Austell to Plymouth, built for miners and now home to a close knit community proud of its heritage. The ghosts of the mining boom still walk these streets. History: Pensilva did not exist before 1840. It was born entirely from the Victorian mining boom on Caradon Hill.

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