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St Day sits on a high ridge about two or three miles east of Redruth, a position that once made it the symbolic heart of Cornwall’s wealthiest mining district. Today, the village is much quieter, defined largely by its granite cottages and the distinctive, roofless shell of the Old Church, which serves as a reminder of the massive population this small square of land supported during the 19th-century copper boom. Geographically, it is a practical spot; you are equidistant from the north and south coasts, and the nearby A30 makes Truro or Falmouth a straightforward twenty-minute drive. While it has the essential post office and local pubs, much of the village’s character comes from the surrounding "mineral tramways" - a network of trails popular with walkers and cyclists that cut through the old engine houses and heathland. It is a place with a strong sense of its own identity, feeling like a proper working village rather than a polished tourist destination.