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Mineral Tramways A2 Leaflet.Indd A30 to Bodmin www.cornishmining.org.uk Discover the Extraordinary the Discover 1 Blackwater copper ore out/coal in Mawla Cambrose Portreath Wheal Rose Wheal Busy A390 to Truro Bridge 4 Scorrier Radnor 3 Tehidy Treleigh Illogan Mount Ambrose St Day Poldice Valley Coombe Twelveheads 4 1 6 Redruth mining heritage mining Pool 2 2 Bissoe Carharrack or horseback and discover Cornwall’s Cornwall’s discover and horseback or Point Mills Explore 60km of trails on foot, bike bike foot, on trails of 60km Explore Heartlands 8 Carn Brea Carn Marth Trails Carnon Downs Mining Mining 5 A30 to Penzance Brea Camborne Frogpool Carnkie Piece 3 Lanner Devoran Perranwell Beacon 5 7 Four Lanes copper ore out/timber and coal in Perran Foundry Troon To Penryn and Falmouth Central Cornwall’s Mining Trails Network What to see and do on the mining trails Guide to the trails Key to symbols The mining trails network centred around Tehidy Trail Camborne and Redruth off ers 37.5 miles (60km) of Use this map to plan your route, see where to park and fi nd facilities and attractions. adventure and discovery for walkers, cyclists and On the way you will fi nd historic towns and villages and fascinating heritage and Portreath Branchline Trail Trunk or Main road horse riders. Enjoy: landscape attractions. You will also be able to hire bikes, use riding centres and Tresavean Trail Secondary road • Days out discovering something new at every enjoy well-deserved breaks and refreshments in pubs and cafes, many off ering Great Flat Lode Trail Dual carriageway turn - varied landscapes, amazing views, quality local produce. exceptional wildlife and remarkable remains of Tolgus Trail (To be constructed) Road generally more than 4m Please play your part to help protect the environment by Be considerate to others and other land management the area’s 19th century mining heyday Coast to Coast Trail Road generally less than 4m using public transport systems if you can. Main line trains industries. Cyclists – give way to walkers and horses, warn Heritage attractions • Fresh air and outdoor exercise for healthy bodies run to both Camborne and Redruth stations (enquiries other users of your approach and if in doubt, slow down. Redruth & Chasewater Trail 1 The Cornwall Centre Other road, drive or track and minds 08457 484950) and bus information is available on Dog owners – take a bag with you, use dog bins and keep 01209 216760 www.cornwall.gov.uk/CornwallCentre www.cornwall.gov.uk/buses or call 0300 1234 222. your dog under control and on a lead between 1 March and National cycle network Information • Green, sustainable, traffi c-free travel to school or Gwennap Pit Some mining trails are largely traffi c-free and fl at, so perfect 31 July. 2 work 01209 820013 Parking for walkers who prefer gentle gradients and families with Tracking history • Wheelchair and buggy-friendly access to children learning how to ride bikes. Others have steep 3 Tolgus Mill and Redruth Old Cornwall Society Museum Railway station sections ideal for mountain-bikers. Bike & horse riding centres 01209 218198 countryside and historic sites The seven mining trails have been created over the years by the Mineral Tramways Heritage Project. Some follow as Elm Farm Cycle Centre Bus station All are linked to provide a great choice of journey options, 1 4 St Day Old Church including circular detours to special places like the summits closely as possible the routes of Cornwall’s fi rst tramway 01209 891498 www.thebikebarn.org 01209 821124 Bike hire of Carn Brea and Carn Marth. and fi rst real railway, constructed to transport ore and vital Bike Chain Bissoe Bike Hire supplies from and to the mines and the ports of Portreath 2 The Shire Horse Farm & Carriage Museum 01872 870341 www.cornwallcyclehire.com 5 Cornwall and West Devon 01209 713606 Riding centre This map is based upon the Mining Landscape Trail safety and Devoran. All lace their way through one of the world’s inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2006 Ordnance Survey material greatest concentrations of historic mine buildings. Use 3 Wheal Buller Riding School Cornish Mines & Engines (NT) with the permission of Go green! Please take litter home with you and use public 6 Refreshments Ordnance Survey on behalf the mining trails to transport yourself into the past in a 01209 211852 www.cornish-riding-holidays.co.uk 01209 315027 www.nationaltrust.org.uk of the Controller of Her The Cornish Mining World Heritage Site, The Percuil Building, Old County Hall, Truro, Cornwall, transport when you can. Take extra care at road crossings TR1 3AY, United Kingdom refreshingly diff erent way and discover the crucial part The Track - BMX and MTB Dirt Park Country park Majesty’s Stationery Offi ce where trails are no longer traffi c free. Please stay on the 4 King Edward Mine © Crown copyright. Email: [email protected] Tel: 01872 322767 played by the mines and the people who worked in them. 7 paths waymarked with an engine house symbol. Many of 01209 211073 www.the-track.co.uk 01209 614681 www.kingedwardmine.co.uk Unauthorised reproduction Photo and copyright credits: © Cornwall Council, © Charles Francis Viewpoint infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution We want to ensure your needs are met. If you would like this information in the trails are on public bridleways where the unauthorised Aldridge Cycles another format or language please contact us at the above address. 5 Heartlands or civil proceedings. use of motor vehicles is not permitted. 01209 714970 www.thecyclepeople.com 8 Important mine (100049047) 2009 All content, unless where specifi ed, © Cornwall Council, 2013. www.cornishmining.org.uk 01209 722320 www.heartlandscornwall.com Design: The Communications Unit, Cornwall Council, Jan 2013 jn32471 The Redruth & Chasewater Railway Trail The Great Flat Lode Trail The origins of Cornwall’s fi rst railway Where to park: Limited parking is available near In the 1860s, when many copper mines fl oors and other mining structures. The to use wrought-iron rails and wagons Twelveheads, at Seleggan near Carnkie and at the were closing, a ‘lode’ of tin ore was Trail not only runs south of Carn Brea, but Buller Hill section near Lanner Hill. with fl anged wheels can be traced back discovered to the South of Carn Brea in also to the north of the hill, where some to 1818. In 1825 it was completed, with Links in with: The Great Flat Lode Trail, the an area that previously worked copper of Cornwall’s most celebrated mines are Tresavean Trail and the Coast to Coast Trail. horses drawing wagons from the mines deposits. This lode, over 2 miles long, was situated. Points of interest: The Redruth & Chasewater also fl atter than most, lying at an angle of Length of trail: 7.5 miles (12km) around Gwennap to the port of Devoran. Railway Trail branches off from the Coast to The line was successful and in 1854 it was Coast Trail at Twelveheads and follows a route of about 30 degrees instead of the usual 70 Nature of trail: A circiular route with some steep converted for steam locomotives. The contrasting scenery (woodland and moorland) degrees from the horizontal – hence its sections. Mostly off -road taking you through a decline in Cornish mining fortunes led to with spectacular views across Cornwall. Following name, the “Great Flat Lode”. The tin mines mixture of farmland, heathland and old mine sites. A as closely as possible the original railway route the circular route. its closure in 1915. here were some of the most successful in trail bypasses the villages of Carharrack and Lanner. the late 19th Century and produced over Where to park: South Wheal Frances, Dolcoath Length of trail: 7.7 miles (12.4km) Gwennap Pit is close by and Carn Marth can be Mine and at King Edward Mine Museum (where accessed from the trail. The trail then continues 90,000 tons of tin concentrate. The mines you can visit a free exhibition all about the Mineral Nature of trail: The trail is based for the most part to the west of Lanner before connecting in to the here closed about 1920. Since then the area Tramways). on the route of the original Redruth & Chasewater Great Flat Lode Trail and Tresavean Trail at has remained relatively undeveloped and Welcome to the Mining Trails guide Railway. It is mostly level and off road, and Buller Hill. Links in with: Deviate up onto Carn Brea to occasionally crosses the public highway. it now contains some of Cornwall’s fi nest enjoy the views and/or join up with the Portreath remains of engine houses, tin dressing Branchline Trail or the Redruth & Chasewater The rich mining area of Cornwall’s central mining district now benefi ts from a 60km Railway Trail and link in with the rest of the Mineral network of multi activity trails. New trails have been created to link in with existing Tramways network of trails. routes such as the Coast to Coast and the Great Flat Lode Trails and, being mainly traffi c- The Tehidy Trail Points of interest: The Great Flat free, off er improved and safer access to schools, places of work, local facilities, historic Lode Trail follows part of the line of the Basset Mine Tramway, built to settlements and visitor attractions. The network of trails also off ers people a unique The Tehidy Trail is based on the existing Where to park: East Lodge Car Park, Tehidy carry tin ore from the mines along opportunity to access a wide area that is rich in mining heritage.
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