Clay Trails

The Clay Trails are a series of bicycle trails located in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The trails pass through the St Austell moorland which for over two centuries has been extensively quarried for china clay, hence the name.

This trail connects the Eden project 50.361°N 4.745°W / 50.361; -4.745 to the Wheal Martyn China Clay museum. This also incorporates a short section of trail called the sky spur trail. The trail has views of several disused china clay pits with white walls and turquoise water. A feature of the trail is the white pyramid, although it's now green, which is a disused china clay tip in which the waste sand has been tipped to form a conical hill. The trail then drops into the Trenance valley where it crosses its award-winning William Cookworthy bridge. Here it joins the Lansalson branch line and is joined by the St Austell trail. A further kilometre through this historic valley is the Wheal Martyn China clay museum.

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