Google Map of Colesent Cottages

One this page you can see a Google Map of Colesent Cottages. It shows you a satellite image of what Colesent Cottages looks like within the Cornish countryside. You can click on the "Map" button to see a map view of the same area. Your mouse arrow will change to a hand whilst over the map/satellite image and if you click and hold the button down whilst moving your mouse you can "pan" around and see more of the surrounding area at the same magnification. By gradually zooming out (using the "+" and "-" buttons) you can see a larger and larger section of Cornwall and then appreciate where Colesent sits in the county as a whole. Google does not label the Camel River or the Camel Trail on their maps, which is a bit unfortunate as it would be useful to have the route easily identified as so many of our guest enjoy walking and cycling the trail. However you can just about follow the blue wiggly line (in "map" view) that is the Camel River from next to our drive, south to near Bodmin and then west as it swings around towards the the coast at Wadebridge and Padstow. If you click on the "Camel Trail" link on the left you can see the route as depicted on the information sign in Poley's bridge car park (at the bottom of our drive). 

The slightly scary industrial looking complex you can see close to Colesent (if you zoom out a bit) is the disused Wenford Dryers - the reason the Camel Trail is there at all. China Clay extracted from Bodmin Moor was loaded onto steam locomotives and transported to the docks at Padstow along a railway line that became the Camel Trail. Despite the satellite image showing the Dryers as a major blot on the landscape, from ground level you can hardly see them at all. Only by walking along the newly extended Camel Trail to Wenford Bridge can you get a close look at them and catch a glimpse of the old railway sidings. The Camel Trail page has more information regarding the trail and further links that should provide more information on the history of the area.