Bugle

Settlement in Cornwall

England

Bugle

Carbis from Roche Rock A partly industrial landscape with a modern china clay plant seen to the left and the chimneys to the right are at Carbis Wharf where there is a china clay dry converted to holiday lets and the remains of a brickworks. — Carbis from Roche Rock Credit: Chris Allen

Bugle is a small village located in the county of Cornwall, in the southwestern part of England. Situated approximately 5 miles northeast of St Austell, it falls within the civil parish of Roche. The village is positioned on the edge of the China Clay Country Park, an area known for its rich mining history.

Bugle is a quiet and picturesque village, surrounded by beautiful countryside and rolling hills. The village itself has a population of around 1,500 residents, giving it a close-knit and friendly community atmosphere. It offers a range of amenities to cater to the needs of its residents, including a primary school, a post office, a local grocery store, and a few small shops and businesses.

One notable feature of Bugle is its brass band, which has a long-standing tradition in the village. The Bugle Silver Band, founded in 1868, is renowned for its musical performances and has won numerous awards over the years. The band holds regular concerts and plays at various events, adding to the cultural vibrancy of the village.

Bugle is also an ideal location for outdoor enthusiasts, with plenty of opportunities for walking, hiking, and exploring the surrounding countryside. The nearby China Clay Country Park provides visitors with a chance to learn about the area's industrial heritage and offers scenic trails and nature walks.

Overall, Bugle is a charming village that offers a peaceful and idyllic lifestyle, surrounded by natural beauty and steeped in local history.

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Bugle Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 50.394125/-4.795614 or Grid Reference SX0158. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Carbis from Roche Rock

A partly industrial landscape with a modern china clay plant seen to the left and the chimneys to the right are at Carbis Wharf where there is a china clay dry converted to holiday lets and the remains of a brickworks.

Chris Allen

Roche: towards Tresayes Downs

Landscape beneath Hensbarrow Downs and china clay works. Seen from Roche Rock, Roche parish

Martin Bodman

B3274 passing china clay spoil heaps

The road passes through several spoil heaps; some of them are gradually being reclaimed.

David Smith

Tresayes Pegmatite

A pegmatite is a rock with abnormally large crystals. The Tresayes pegmatite has crystals up to 800 cm; these formed in the late upper vapour phase of the granite crystallisation. Large potassium-rich feldspars grew first before smaller feldspars, quartz and tourmaline grew in the interstitial space. The K-feldspars were mined for glass which requires aluminium, sodium and potassium.

Ashley Dace

Tresayes Pegmatite

A pegmatite is a rock with abnormally large crystals. The Tresayes pegmatite has crystals up to 80 cm; these formed in the late upper vapour phase of the granite crystallisation. Large potassium-rich feldspars grew first before smaller feldspars, quartz and tourmaline grew in the interstitial space. The K-feldspars were mined for glass which requires aluminium, sodium and potassium.

Ashley Dace

Tresayes Pegmatite

Ashley Dace

Tresayes Pegmatite

Ashley Dace

Tresayes Pegmatite Quarry

A Cornwall Wildlife Trust reserve, preserved for its geology. Bring wellies!

Ashley Dace

Tresayes Signage

Cornwall Wildlife Trust sign at the entrance to Tresayes Quarry

Phil Ellery

Tips in the Downs

Cornwall is more scarred by its clay tips than my home County of Lancashire is by coal tips.

David Long

Hensbarrow Beacon

The Beacon is centre middle distance in the picture. Once, presumably, the highest point of Hensborough Downs, the hill and trig point which surmounts it are now dwarfed by the Gunheath china clay pit waste tip.

Rabbi WP Thinrod

Derelict building

On slightly earlier OS map, a mast is shown here, the only remains is this building. There are several new radio masts at Littlejohn’s in the adjacent grid square.

Jay Pea