Charlestown...

By Nathanville on Nov 21, 2009 | In Britain, Museums | Send feedback »

Charlestown Shipwreck and Heritage Museum.
Located in a historic china clay building on the waterfront of the seaport of Charlestown, St. Austell, Cornwall. England.
 
Charlestown is a Georgian port which has remained relatively unspoilt and undeveloped, reflecting how many West Country ports and fishing coves looked prior to development. Quaint granite cottages nestle into the countryside, rural farms remain untouched by modern developments and lush green fields almost merge with the sea.

 

Two hundred years ago, West Polmear as it was then known, was a tiny fishing village with no harbour, only three cottages and the local people made a living from catching pilchards.

Tags: charlestown, heritage, museum, shipwreck

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