This is a circular walk of just over 4 miles with some moderately steep climbs. View Walk The route begins at the Trenwith car park, site of a large copper and subsequently uranium mine. The pitchblende had been discarded as not very good copper ore and hundreds of tonnes were subsequently recovered from the waste tips. Apparently you can still find pieces of pitchblende around the edges of the car park, though it is radioactive so probably best left alone. The route follows footpaths, tracks and small lanes and then climbs through the Steeple Woods nature reserve. The walk emerges from the woods at "The Steeple" - the monument that John Knill (Customs Officer and Mayor of St Ives) had erected. He also left money in his will for a celebration to be carried out every 5 years, involving a procession from the town to the Steeple followed by singing and dancing around the steeple accompanied by a fiddler. The celebration was first held in 1801 and still continues. The
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