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Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre

Quay Road, St Austell PL25 3NJ, England
01726 69897
Ranked #4 of 8 attractions in St Austell
4.0 of 5 stars 57 Reviews
Type: Museums
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Hervey Bay, Australia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 May 2012 NEW

There were a lot of exhibits in a very small space.

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Swanage, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 May 2012

I loved the S & H Centre and spent several hours wandering around. My only complaint - I felt the RNLI section was a bit out of date.

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Leicester, United Kingdom
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2012

Lots of things to see and larger than we first thought. Some displays of more specialist interest but still had much to offer

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Northumberland, UK
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 May 2012

From the outside this place looked smaller than it really was. It is very good value for money with plenty of varied exhibits from diving gear to items from shipwrecks, many of which are well known: Titanic, Mary Rose, etc., as well as local history.

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Bexhill
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 May 2012

This is one of the best museums I have ever visited, topical Ititanic) and full of local items of interested, took a good hour to see all.

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Maarssen, The Netherlands
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 May 2012

Charlestown has a little harbour with two, three very old sailing vessels which can be visited and a nice pub. It is small, but nice and worthwhile. I would prefer it above Mevagissy

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South Ockendon
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 May 2012

When we went back this year there were 3 ships in dock and they were getting the harbour ready for filming (so we were told).

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tamworth
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 May 2012

there are lots of interesting things to look at, but the whole place is tired and shabby. It does only cost £5 to get in, but equally, work is needed :-(

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Shah Alam, Malaysia
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 May 2012

Made a walk about; looking at the ships but did not enter the shipwreck and heritage centre.

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West Midlands
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 May 2012

Spent a couple of hours here, it is very interesting, but to get the most out of it you need to read the displays. However, there are several films that you can sit and watch and the one about the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was very interesting. Small Titanic exhibition and there is a cafe, but we did not go... More

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