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Places to take a laptop for a few hours — the library, cafés and a coworking desk — with what each is like to work in, on a map, and which are open right now.
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Somewhere to take your laptop for a few hours in St Austell — the library, a couple of cafés, and a proper coworking desk. It shows which places are open right now, what each is like to work in, and the week ahead so you can plan the day before.
Right now
Nothing on this list is open right now
Opening later today: St Austell Library (9 am), The Rowan Suite, St Austell Business Park (8 am), Costa Coffee, White River Place (7:30 am), Café Tengo (9:30 am).
Opening hours change, so treat this as a guide and check before you set out — each place shows the day we last confirmed it. Wifi, sockets and how quiet a place is are what we last saw, not a promise; the only one that’s always free and quiet is the library.
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Today: 9 am – 5 pm
Free — no need to buy anything.
The steadiest spot in town: free, quiet, with a study area on the upstairs mezzanine and public computers (45-minute sessions). Best for focused work, not for taking calls out loud.
2 Carlyon Road, PL25 4LD
Open in your map app · 0300 1234 111
Hours confirmed 22 June 2026
Plan ahead — all 4 places and their hours through the week. Today is highlighted.
| Mon • | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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St Austell Library | 9 am – 5 pm | 9 am – 5 pm | 9 am – 5 pm | 9 am – 5 pm | 9 am – 5 pm | 10 am – 1 pm | Closed |
The Rowan Suite, St Austell Business Park | 8 am – 6 pm | 8 am – 6 pm | 8 am – 6 pm | 8 am – 6 pm | 8 am – 6 pm | Closed | Closed |
Café Tengo | 9:30 am – 4 pm | 9:30 am – 4 pm | 9:30 am – 4 pm | 9:30 am – 4 pm | 9:30 am – 4 pm | 9:30 am – 4:30 pm | Closed |
This is a starting point for finding somewhere to work, not a review of any place. If something here is wrong — hours changed, the wifi’s gone, a place we’ve missed — use the report link at the foot of the page.
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Today: 8 am – 6 pm
Day, weekly or monthly rates — book ahead (one-off days welcome).
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A proper hot-desk for a full day's work: free superfast wifi, free parking, a kitchen with tea and coffee, and out-of-hours access on request. About 2 km north of the centre, off the A390 — a drive or a long walk, not a town-centre stroll.
St Austell Business Park, PL25 4FD
Hours confirmed 22 June 2026
Today: 9:30 am – 4 pm
Buy a drink.
A small independent café on Fore Street in the pedestrian centre — cosy for a quiet hour with a coffee. The pin marks the street; it's at the top of Fore Street.
1 Fore Street, PL25 5PX
Hours confirmed 22 June 2026
Today: 7:30 am – 6 pm
Buy a drink.
In the White River Place shopping centre, open early and seven days a week. Busy at peak times — fine for a coffee and an hour rather than a quiet morning's focus.
White River Place, PL25 5AZ
Open in your map app · 01726 879338
Hours confirmed 22 June 2026
| 7:30 am – 6 pm |
| 7:30 am – 6 pm |
| 7:30 am – 6 pm |
| 7:30 am – 6 pm |
| 7:30 am – 6 pm |
| 7:30 am – 5:30 pm |
| 8:30 am – 4:30 pm |
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