St.Just in Penwith
England’s most westerly town, stands in an area of outstanding natural beauty just 10 miles from Land’s End. Traditionally a mining town but now has shops, cafes, pubs & restaurants around it’s lively market Square, as well as Art Galleries and such like.
Try the local butchers, bakers, and greengrocers for fresh Cornish produce, all highly recommended! Don't forget the Cornish Pasties and Cornish Saffron Cake (very appropriate!) You will also find a Co-op and Spar for most shopping needs as well as a newsagents.
There are many craft and bric-a-brac shops to brouse around also several cafes, restaurants and pubs around the square. Not forgetting the fish & chip shop, Indian & Chinese takeaways for a quick meal.
One of our favourite locations is 'The Cook Book' - St Just's Cafe-Bookshop in Cape Cornwall Street
"A warm, welcoming and unusual café-bookshop... .. home-made cakes; delicious cream teas; soups that vary with the season and the ingenuity of the cook; fresh local line-caught mackerel, smoked on the premises; baguettes, breakfasts and home-baked ham, "the best coffee in Cornwall" - and evening meals. Children and dogs are welcome. There are friendly staff, daily papers to read and books ... about 5,000 second-hand books in three rooms upstairs, on the stairs and in the café as Bosorne Books spreads out. St. Just's café-bookshop feeding the body and mind!"
The local crafts, artists and art galleries have their own website - Just Arts They also produce a magazine/directory you can pick up in many local shops.
St Just even has it's own festival held every year on the third Saturday in July. The Lafrowda Festival . Big sculptures, banners, lanterns, music, floats, street performers, stalls, bouncy castles and lots more! ‘Its just great fun for everyone, old & young and inbetween’.
