Cafe
Food and refreshment at King Edward Mine throughout the year
Please see the Croust Hut
website to check availability in 2024/25.
Croust Hut Cafe
With the car park right outside with coffee and fresh cake ready for your visit.
Where ever possible Cornish produce is used, from ketchup to cheese. If it can be local, it is.
Check Croust Hut website
for details
Croust Hut History
The café is in the conserved Assay Office building of King Edward Mine. The original function of the building is represented both in the prize-winning sensitive restoration of the building and with information panels and images from the early years of the twentieth century.
The creation of the Croust Hut café was part of the King Edward Mine Museum Redevelopment Project and we are very grateful to the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development for their contribution towards the fit out of the café’s kitchen.
What Our Visitors Say About Us
"Exceeded expectations
Just the right mix - a guided tour of the site, then time to look at the exhibits, then a guided tour of the tin extraction machinery. While other sites concentrate on what happened underground, here we got a real sense of the way that mining affected lives and the landscape on the surface."
"Fascinating
If you've ever wanted to know how miners separate 1 ton of tin ore from 140 tons of waste rock this is the place to go. There is a massive display of mining equipment and knowledgeable guides to tell you how it was used and demonstrate some of it. An excellent visit for anyone interested in the mining industry.
Take a look at the King Edward Mine Youtube Channel by clicking the red arrow below.
There are instructional videos about the Cornish Tin Mill, and also about the ecology of the site and Cornwall Schools Mining Games.
Telephone 01209 614681 (during museum opening times)
Registered Charity Number 1149801