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Places to stay in St Just
St. Just is a town and a civil parish in the most south western part of Cornwall, lying between the rugged Atlantic coast and the moors, which contain a dense concentration of well preserved archaeological sites and megalithic monuments with cliff castles, hill forts, stone circles, barrows and quoits (burial chambers). Few towns have retained their character in this century as St Just, the first and last town in England, has. Once it was the mining center of the peninsula and disused engine houses predominate the landscape. In the center of the town is Plain-an-Gwarry, a theatre used for miracle plays in medieval times. St Just’s history is typical of the whole area, rich in mining, farming and fishing from remote times. Everywhere can be seen monuments of this, often amid the moorland, heather and gorse. Carn Kenidjack - the Hooting Carn - the cliffs of Carn Gloose, and a path to Cot Valley, as well as the lovely valley of Nanquidno.
