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Eden Project

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43% trees around it and 1,208 species recorded.

68Forestyas Score

ArboretumFungi

  • trees within 3 km43%
  • wild within 10 km88%
  • species recorded1,208

The forest around

43% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 55%Grassland 30%Cropland 11%Built-up 4%Trees 41%Grassland 40%Water 1%Bare ground 0%Cropland 3%Built-up 14%Trees 26%Grassland 41%Water 20%Bare ground 0%Cropland 6%Built-up 6%Trees 22%Grassland 44%Water 22%Bare ground 0%Cropland 8%Built-up 3%43%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km55%
  • 1–3 km41%
  • 3–6 km26%
  • 6–10 km22%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees41%
  • Grassland40%
  • Water1%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland3%
  • Built-up14%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

1,208 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Campanula lactiflora
Campanula lactifloraCampanula lactiflora53 recordsWouter Hagens · Public domain
Garden vetch
Garden vetchVicia sativa23 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sweet-amber
Sweet-amberHypericum androsaemum20 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rubus tricolor
Rubus tricolorRubus tricolor19 recordsCoralie ajb · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chilean gunnera
Chilean gunneraGunnera tinctoria17 recordsMargaret Donald · CC BY-SA 2.0
Japanese rose
Japanese roseRosa rugosa17 recordsVihljun · Public domain
Marsh thistle
Marsh thistleCirsium palustre17 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Common polypody
Common polypodyPolypodium vulgare16 records4028mdk09 · CC BY-SA 3.0
White or common arum lily
White or common arum lilyZantedeschia aethiopica14 recordsEric Hunt · CC BY-SA 2.5
Cobnut
CobnutCorylus avellana14 recordsMPF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Marsh violet
Marsh violetViola palustris14 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hemp-agrimony
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum14 recordsBurkhard Mücke · CC BY-SA 4.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

68out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 43%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 88%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,208Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from July to September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan9°7°118 mm
  2. Feb9°6°92 mm
  3. Mar10°6°83 mm
  4. Apr12°8°66 mm
  5. May14°10°67 mm
  6. Jun16°13°74 mm
  7. Jul18°15°88 mm
  8. Aug18°15°90 mm
  9. Sep17°14°68 mm
  10. Oct15°12°117 mm
  11. Nov12°10°128 mm
  12. Dec10°8°124 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Eden Project.

Visitor attraction in Cornwall in the United Kingdom

Eden Project is an arboretum in United Kingdom.

Seen from space, 43% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 88% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,208 species have been recorded around it: 945 plants, 191 fungi, 61 birds and 11 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Campanula lactiflora, Garden vetch and Sweet-amber.

The best time to walk is from July to September.

The Eden Project, Cornwall
JuliesNotebook · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Boscoppa farm campsitecampsite · 1.1 km · 40 within 10 km
  • Vine Cottageplace to stay · 3.2 km · 69 within 10 km
  • Saint Blazeynearest town · 1.8 km in a straight line
  • Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 20 km in a straight lineCar hire at NQY airport (Newquay)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at NQY airport (Newquay)Discover CarsSee prices 

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Eden Project seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 6marked trails within 5 kmSouth West Coast Path (Section 32: Mevagissey to Par), South West Coast Path (Section 33: Par to Polperro), Saints Way and 3 more
  • 2named and notable trees within 6 kmThe Old Beach (160yo)
  • 13picnic sites within 4 km
  • 16shelters and huts within 6 kmLand Train Shelter and 15 more
  • 10viewpoints within 5 kmNature Trail Viewpoint, Higher Pit View, Pit View and 7 more
  • 5visitor centres within 6 kmEden Project Visitor Centre, Charlestown QAVS Visitor Centre, St. Austell Bay Tourist Information Centre and 2 more
  • 139car parks within 3 km
  • 40campsites within 10 kmBoscoppa farm campsite, Croft Farm Campsite, Innis Inn Campsite and 37 more
  • 69places to stay within 10 kmVine Cottage, T'Gallants Guest House, White Hart and 66 more
  • 17restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Eden Project.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas10 mountains within 25 km
Hensbarrow Beacon6.1 kmHelman Tor209 m · 6.8 kmCastle Downs, Cornwall216 m · 13 kmCarne Beacon21 kmHawk's Tor307 m · 23 kmBrown Gelly342 m · 23 kmBin Down203 m · 23 kmBodmin Moor24 km
Islandyasthe island
Great Britain228,938 km²
Coastya2 beaches within 10 km
Polridmouth Cove7.1 kmPentewan Beach9.1 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Roseland ObservatoryBortle 2 · 9.8 kmBodmin MoorBortle 2 · 24 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Eden Project geodesic domes panorama
Jürgen Matern · CC BY-SA 2.5
Eden project
A1personage at en.wikipedia · Public domain
At Cornwall 2008 001
Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Eden Project

United Kingdom

  • 68Forestyas Score
  • 43%Trees
  • 88%Wild
  • 1,208Species

Lost Gardens of Heligan

United Kingdom · 10 km

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 23%Trees
  • 85%Wild
  • 700Species

See the guide

Wistman's Wood

United Kingdom · 60 km

  • 51Forestyas Score
  • 5%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 1,110Species

See the guide

Exmoor

United Kingdom · 115 km

  • 60Forestyas Score
  • 23%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 1,146Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q596642) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species7,879 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Coastya, Darkskyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here