Charlestown is a village and late Georgian working port in St Austell Bay. Built between 1791 and 1801 by Charles Rashleigh an entrepreneur and member of a local landowning family. Charlestown is popular as a film and television location and was used in the making of the popular period drama Poldark. There are a number of bars, cafes, restaurants, galleries and of course The Shipwreck Treasure Museum.