It wasn’t until the 18 th century that St Austell was anything more than a small mining town, but following the discovery of china clay pits this South Cornwall town became an influential and ...

Carlyon Bay’s formation began in the 19th century when the thriving tin and china clay industries in the St Austell area, known as the Clay Country, began reshaping the landscape. The St Austell ...

Mevagissey is the classic gorgeous Cornish fishing village. It is modest, discreet, and very entertaining. Every area ...

ST AUSTELL BREWERY. Without coopers there would have been no Cornish exports of pilchards or china clay. A skilled cooper would use about 22 tools. Work was done by eye rather than measurement and ...

The Stop Trelion Solar Farm group has formed to protest against proposals by French energy company EDF to build a solar park on 200 acres of farming fields between St Stephen and Scarcewater, near St ...

The beach is basically made up of silt, grit and sand created by the extraction of tin and china clay in the St Austell district. But how it got there is not straightforward. In the early days of tin ...

Over the years, the waste sand from the china clay production processes was dumped on the tips which grew and grew in size. Few now remain but, as a surviving mining relic, the Sky Tip, which ...

The countryside around St Stephen affords wonderful views across to the china clay pits and neighbouring hamlets and villages, but locals are concerned that this view will be spoiled forever as ...

TIANJIN, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- In a studio adorned with antique charm in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Zhang Yu delicately rotated the clay sculpture with his left hand while skillfully carving ...

In a studio adorned with antique charm in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Zhang Yu delicately rotated the clay sculpture with his left hand while skillfully carving intricate details with a ...