West Penwith is a peninsula of ancient rock, windswept waves and moorland whispers, of neolithic quoits and stone circles, of sea birds and farmsteads, of villages and mine-tunnels. The coast is a maze of granite cliffs, valleys and zawns, of sunlit beaches and inlets of golden gorse. Inland high, high ancient hedgebanks protect the fields from the wild weather.
Penwith stretches around the coast from Penzance to St Ives. At Porthcurno the Minack Theatre perches on the rocks, a hand built open air theatre on the edge of the ocean. Nearby are the valley and cove at Lamorna, and the stone circles of Boscowen-un and The Merry Maidens near Saint Buryan; an area of ancient magic, of witches, giants, and fairy folk. The beaches of Sennen and Zennor are visited by Merry Maids, and Saint Just is a centre for art and mining.
Geevor Tin Mine is a huge mining relic tunnelling beneath the waves, every room of the museum is on the cusp of the paranormal, it feels as if the miners will return for their coats any second.
Inland among the granite moors that span Penwith at its peak are ancient quoits and settlements: Chun Quoit, Zennor Quoit and Men-an-Tol, Lanyon Quoit and the ancient village and well at Carn Euny. All around the spine of the sea snakes the south-west coast path, leading you close to the edge.
