St Just is the most westerly town in Britain. Home to a community fiercely proud of its traditions, the town greets visitors with streets of sturdy granite cottages, an elegant granite church dating from 1336 and a local landscape scattered with the relics of its mining past.
If this sounds a little dour, don't be fooled. Here is a town, proudly self-sufficient, with everything you could want on the doorstep; a charming array of shops and pubs that lead off from the two town squares and a population not just proud of the town, but genuinely enthusiastic to share it with visitors. Two large festivals, Lafrowda Day and Feast Day attract huge numbers to join in the street processions and festivities.
Despite its small size, St Just has a thriving arts community and in the middle of the town you will discover the Plen-an-Gwary, or 'playing place'. Registered as an ancient monument, this large, circular green, surrounded by walls, has been used for centuries for public entertainment.