 Next to The Bookpost is the "Charleston Hotel" which received national attention as one of the main props in a car advertisement, based on Slim Dusty's famous song "Answer to a Pub With No Beer".Charleston was served by the Mount Pleasant railway line from 1918 to 1953.It is also on the Onkaparinga Valley Road (route B34) and the Amy Gillett Bikeway on the former railway route.