Holmbush, Cornwall

Holmbush is a village in Cornwall, England that is situated in the suburban area of St Austell (where the population at the 2011 census was included).

[1] It was a centre for tin and copper mining in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with a few houses to the south of the A390 road.

[6] Modern maps still show tips between the cricket ground and the industrial estate and at Cuddra.

The main area is marked as Cuddra Plantations, and is the location of Pinetum Gardens and a nursery.

[7] Near to the remains of Wheal Eliza Consols mine is Boscundle Manor, a farmhouse built in the 18th century and now a hotel and restaurant.

Over 6,000 species of plants have been labelled by the owner, Mrs Shirley Clemo, and in 2008 the gardens were given a Bronze Award in the Small Visitor Attraction of the Year category, in recognition of their contribution to tourism in Cornwall.