The village of St. Dennis sits in the china‑clay country of mid‑Cornwall, in south‑west England. It perches on the edge of Goss Moor, a lowland heath and wetland reserve, and the surrounding landscape is marked by the large clay pits and spoil heaps left by decades of china‑clay extraction.
Historically the settlement grew up with the 19th‑ and 20th‑century boom in china‑clay mining, and that industrial heritage still shapes local identity and the economy alongside farming and commuting to nearby towns such as St Austell. The village retains a tight‑knit community with a parish church, chapels and local amenities, and visitors come for walking, birdlife and to see how conservation and regeneration are being woven into an industrial landscape.
Postcode districts covering St. Dennis
Most populated places nearby
- Redruth 18.4 miles
- Falmouth 18.2 miles
- St. Austell 5.3 miles
- Truro 11.5 miles
- Camborne 21.7 miles
- Newquay 8.5 miles
- Bodmin 9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Treviscoe Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Whitemoor Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Nanpean Built-up area 1.2 miles
- St. Dennis & St. Enoder Ward 2 miles
- Foxhole Built-up area 2 miles
- Trethosa Built-up area 2.2 miles
- St. Stephen-in-Brannel Parish 2.2 miles
- Indian Queens and Fraddon Built-up area 2.3 miles
- St. Stephen Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Roche Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Lanjeth Built-up area 3.2 miles
- St. Enoder Parish 3.3 miles
Example postcodes in St. Dennis
PL26 8DN, PL26 8AT, PL26 8SF, PL26 8BW, PL26 8DX, PL26 8DR, PL26 8ZF, PL26 8AH, PL26 8BL … See all
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 6.4 miles
- Exeter International Airport 68.9 miles
- St Columb Road Railway Station 2.8 miles
- Roche Railway Station 3.4 miles
Hotels near St. Dennis Ad
- Premier Inn Newquay - A30/Fraddon 3 2.7 miles
- Premier Inn 3 2.7 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Bodmin - Victoria Junction 2.5 4.3 miles
- Travelodge Bodmin Roche 3 3.5 miles
- The Cornwall Hotel Spa & Lodges 4 5.5 miles
- The Waterwheel 4 4.6 miles
- The Bugle Inn 4 miles
- Premier Inn Newquay - Seafront 3 8.7 miles
- Retallack Resort by Away Resorts 5.4 miles
- The White Hart Hotel 3 5.1 miles
Schools in St. Dennis
- St Dennis Primary Academy Primary
Local points of interest
- Eden Project Gardens 6.3 miles
- Charlestown Harbour Harbour 6.7 miles
- Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre Museum 7.1 miles
- The Japanese Garden Gardens 7.2 miles
- The Lost Gardens of Heligan Gardens 7.6 miles
- Lane Theatre Theatre 7.7 miles
- Pentewan Beach Beach 8.2 miles
- Trenance Gardens Gardens 8.6 miles
- Beacon Cove Beach Beach 8.8 miles
- Tolcarne Beach Beach 8.9 miles
- St Eval Kart Circuit Recreation 9 miles
- Newquay Heritage Archive & Museum Museum 9.2 miles