There is a little known Cornish landscape of 200 square kilometres of the County in 10 areas as the World Heritage Site Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape. This is truly beautiful landscape with attractions and activities that will let the visitor experience another side to Cornwall.
Cornwall has some very recognisable locations which most visitors to County will know and revisit for example: St Michael’s Mount, St Ives, Lands End, Newquay and Padstow. However, there is a Hidden landscape that is rich in beauty and experience. Once discovered the visitor will want to discover more.
This hidden landscape has been captured in the designation by UNESCO of 200 square kilometres of the County in 10 areas as a World Heritage Site Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape. Do not be put off by the ’Mining’ tag this is truly beautiful landscape with attractions and activities that will let the visitor experience another side to Cornwall.
World Heritage Site status was designated because of the Outstanding Universal Value that transformed Cornwall & West Devon during the period 1700 to 1914 by early industrial development that made a key ......
Botallack Count House
The Botallack Count House is in the far West of Cornwall and contains a small informal interpretation centre giving information about the natural and built heritage.. Local information and Self guided family trails are available from the workshop which is open all through the year. Set within the dramatic Industrial landscape of the St Just mining area with extensive coastal views including the famous Crowns mine, perched precariously at the foot of the cliffs.
Cornish Mines and Engines
Two impressive engine houses with their original engines in the heart of the Camborne-Redruth mining area are the highlight of your visit to the National Trust owned Cornish Mines and Engines. For more details and opening arrangements please phone 01209 315027 or see our website www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Cornish Studies Library
ased at the Cornwall Centre in Alma Place, Redruth, it is Cornwalls largest library of Cornish printed and published items containing a wide range of resources for everyone.
www.cornwall.gov.uk/cornwallcentre
Geevor Mine
The largest preserved mining heritage site in the country, Geevor is situated on the cliffs above the North Atlantic coast in an area of outstanding natural beauty. Close to the nearby Levant and Botallack Mines, Geevor is in the village of Pendeen on the B3306 road between St. Ives and Lands End.
Gwennap Pit
In the mining area between Redruth and St. Day lies Gwennap Pit. A depression in the ground, formed by sunken mine workings, it was a favourite preaching place for John Wesley, the 18th Century founder of Methodism. In memory of him, it was remodelled in 1806/7 to form the present arragement of grass seating in circular terraces. It is still used for preaching, especailly at the annual Spring Bank Holiday Rally, and a variety of other events and can be viewed at any time.
Levant Mine
Perched on the cliff edge in the far west of Cornwall this dramatic engine house includes the oldest working beam engine in Cornwall. Powered by steam, the sights, sounds and smells of this great engine make this an unforgettable experience for young and old.
Liskeard & District Museum
Liskeard and District Museum and Town Information Centre are situated in the award winning renovated Henry Rice building, known as Foresters Hall. The museum aims to link the past, the present and the future of Liskeard and its surrounding areas in an interesting and informative manner for visitors of all ages.
Morwellham Quay
An award-winning, evocative museum and visitor centre in the heart of the newly inscribed World Heritage Site and Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Just four miles west of Tavistock the historic port, mine workings and Estate, border the beautiful River Tamar. Amidst towering cliffs and gently rolling farmland, a lost world lives again.
www.morwellham-quay.co.uk
01822 832766 or 01822 833808
St Agnes Museum
The social and economic legacy of tin and copper mining in St. Agnes is reflected in this fascinating collection of artefacts and curios, photographs, maps, films, audio and family histories which trace the impact of mining on todays landscape and community. Housed in a listed 19th century chapel, for more details go to: www.stagnesmuseum.org.uk
Tavistock & Tavistock Museum
Tavistock in West Devon is the eastern gateway to the WHS. It is a former monastic and stannary town, located beside the River Tavy, noteworthy today for its vibrant Pannier Market (open daily except Sundays and Mondays), and for its many individual shops. Its grand public buildings, fine villas and neat model workers cottages, built by the Dukes of Bedford from their mining royalties, gives the town a real feel of the past. The Tavistock Museum is a town and community museum located at Court Gate, Bedford Square in the very centre of Tavistock which through exhibitions and artefacts recalls the town's past including the lost abbey, the canal and railways, and the mining heritage (open daily from Easter until the end of October). www.tavistockhistory.ik.com
Trevarno Gardens
Trevarno is within A3(i) of the WHS just North of Helston. This is the home of the grandson of the inventor of the mining safety fuse and demonstrates the wealth that mining created in Cornwall. There is a beautiful 35 acre garden and a WHS room with information boards.
www.trevarno.co.uk
01326 574274
There are 10 areas covering 200 square kilometres from West Cornwall to West Devon. The detailed maps can be found on www.cornish-mining.org.uk. The 10 general areas are:
St Just Hayle Tregonning & Gwinear Wendron Camborne Redruth Gwennap St Agnes Luxulyan Valley Caradon Tamar Valley
