St Just-in-Penwith, Cornwall

St Just-in-Penwith is a small town in West Cornwall. It is the smallest town in Cornwall, the first and last town on mainland Britain, and is the furthest town in the UK from a motorway. This small town is no bigger than a village however, at one time, this town with barely any shops was one of Britain's most important towns. St Just-In-Penwith was one of the centres of mining. Many mines are near St Just including Cape Cornwall Mine, Wheal Castle, Wheal Owles and Botallack Mine. Many of the terraces in St Just are built in long rows one after another. These are miners terraces and were built to accommodate the miners. St Just is also in an area of Cornwall well known for its ancient sites. In side the parish church is the The Selus Stone with an ancient cross from nearby St Helen's Oratory behind it. Just outside the town is Ballowal Barrow (or Carn Gloose) which is a large ancient burial chamber. Tom Thumb Rock, a rock used for sacrifices at the sunset of St Just's Feast Day, sits just outside the town.
St Just-In-Penwith has been used in the German TV Series 'Rosamunde Pilcher' as well as the 1970's version of Poldark.
The parish of St Just-In-Penwith is bordered by the parishes of Morvah, Madron, Sancreed, St Buryan, and Sennen.
St Just-In-Penwith should not be confused with St Just-In-Roseland which is on the Roseland Peninsula near St Mawes.

0:00 Market Street
0:08 Market Square
1:37 St Just's Church
2:18 Bank Square
2:59 Nancherrow Hill