Pensilva () is a village in the civil parish of

St Ive and Pensilva St Ive and Pensilva, formerly St Ive is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish has 4,246 residents and an area of 6,894 acres. The parish is centred on the village of St Ive and also contains Gang, Cornwall, Gang, Middl ...

, in east

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, England, United Kingdom. It is at about four miles (6 km) northeast of

Liskeard Liskeard ( ; ) is an ancient stannary and market town in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth, west of the Devon border, and 12 miles (20 km) east of Bodmin. Th ...

. Nearby settlements include Charaton Cross and Middlehill. The original small settlement grew quickly during the nineteenth century in response to industrial activity on the moorland north and west of the village.Historic Cornwall
website. Retrieved April 2010 There is a Church of England chapel of St John (a

chapel-of-ease A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently, generally due to trav ...

St Ive St Ive ( ; ) is a village in the civil parishes in England, civil parish of St Ive and Pensilva in eastern Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is split into four parts: St Ive Church End, St Ive Cross, St Ive Keason and St Ive Parkfield. In a ...

). The village centre is about a mile from the edge of

Bodmin Moor Bodmin Moor () is a granite moorland in north-eastern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in size, and dates from the Carboniferous period of geology, geological history. It includes Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall, and Rough To ...

. At

Caradon Hill Caradon Hill () is on Bodmin Moor in the former Caradon district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The summit is above mean sea level. Caradon Hill is on the southeastern edge of the moor; it is between the villages of Minions (northwest), ...

, there is a large mast for the transmission for TV signals to the area. Caradon Hill is heavy with ancient mineshafts and engine houses dating from the 1900s. The hill was once famous for its copper mines but these are now closed. The South Caradon Copper Mine, 1 km to the south-west of the transmitter, was the biggest copper mine in the UK in the second half of the 19th century. From the top of the hill, you can see

Plymouth Plymouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England. It is located on Devon's south coast between the rivers River Plym, Plym and River Tamar, Tamar, about southwest of Exeter and ...

and the

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. Pensilva is not generally considered a destination for tourists although nearby Minions has some historical attractions in the form of the

Cheesewring The Cheesewring () is a granite Tor (rock formation), tor in Cornwall, England, situated on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor on Stowe's Hill in the parish of Linkinhorne approximately one mile northwest of the village of Minions, Cornwall, Mini ...

—a stone monument at the head of a quarry—and

The Hurlers The Hurlers (Cornish Language, Cornish: ''An Hurlysi'') is a group of three stone circles in the civil parish of St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK. The site is half-a-mile (0.8 km) west of the village of Minions, Cornwall, Minions on ...

, a set of standing stones. The local pub in Minions—The Cheesewring—burnt down on Christmas Eve 2021. Other nearby pubs are The Wheal Tor and The Crows Nest. As of 26 December 2022, the Victoria Inn, the village pub, closed permanently. There is one general-grocery shop in the middle of the village. The Millennium House in Pensilva is a community owned social centre built in 1999. Over the years it has waxed and waned in popularity and the incumbent small bar has changed from a club to a pub in that time. It is the location of the part-time Post Office and a volunteer-run café is open during PO hours.

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Charaton Cross, Cornwall
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