St Day is a small parish and former mining village in central Cornwall, England, set amid the rolling moors and linear industrial remains between Redruth and Camborne. The parish sits within the old Gwennap mining district and still shows the imprint of that landscape in stone engine houses, spoil heaps and narrow lanes, giving it a rugged, rural-industrial character despite its closeness to larger towns.
Historically the area was a centre for copper and tin mining in the 18th and 19th centuries and is associated with notable sites such as Wheal Gorland; it forms part of the broader Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage context. Today St Day retains a strong local identity rooted in that heritage, with community life shaped by its industrial past, small-scale local services and interest from mineral collectors and heritage visitors.
Postcode districts covering St. Day
Most populated places nearby
- Redruth 1.5 miles
- Falmouth 8.3 miles
- St. Austell 19.7 miles
- Truro 6 miles
- Camborne 4.9 miles
- Newquay 13.2 miles
- Penzance 17.5 miles
- Helston 10 miles
Neighbouring places
- Redruth Central, Carharrack & St. Day Ward 0.2 miles
- St. Day Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Scorrier and Wheal Rose Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Carharrack Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Redruth North Ward 1.4 miles
- Redruth Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Lanner Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Redruth South Ward 1.8 miles
- Chacewater Built-up area 2 miles
- Blackwater Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Gwennap Parish 2.3 miles
- Lanner, Stithians & Gwennap Ward 2.8 miles
Example postcodes in St. Day
TR16 5NA, TR16 5AY, TR16 5AU, TR16 5AT, TR16 5BP, TR16 5AR, TR16 5PD, TR16 5EY, TR16 5BS … See all
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 16.4 miles
- Exeter International Airport 85.5 miles
- Redruth Railway Station 1.4 miles
- Perranwell Railway Station 4.1 miles
Hotels near St. Day Ad
- Portreath Arms 4.3 miles
- Beacon Country House Hotel 3 4.4 miles
- Penventon Park Hotel 4 1.8 miles
- Inn for All Seasons 1.4 miles
- Townhouse Rooms 4 6.4 miles
- The Valley Cottages 5 4.4 miles
- Tricky's Hotel 2.2 miles
- Rose in Vale Country House Hotel 4 5.1 miles
- The Alverton 4 7 miles
- Greenbank Hotel 4 7.8 miles
Schools in St. Day
- St Day and Carharrack Community School Primary
Local points of interest
- Chapel Porth Beach Beach 4.5 miles
- Perranzabuloe Museum Museum 7.5 miles
- Perranporth Beach Beach 7.7 miles
- Pencalenick Estate 8.1 miles
- Swanpool Beach Beach 8.8 miles
- Gylly Beach Beach 8.8 miles
- Lamorran House Gardens Gardens 9.7 miles
- Holywell Bay Beach Beach 10.7 miles
- Pendower Beach 11.5 miles
- Poly Joke Beach Beach 11.5 miles
- Crantock Beach Beach 11.9 miles
- Lane Theatre Theatre 12.6 miles