About the town » St Austell, Cornwall, England, Great Britain

St Austell is a civil parish and major town in Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated on the south coast approximately 10 miles south of Bodmin and 30 miles west of the border with Devon. The town is known locally as "Snozzle" St Austell is the largest town in Cornwall: in the Office for National Statistics mid-term estimates for 2010 the population was 30,800. St Austell civil parish is entirely urban in character.