Visit - A5 Camborne and Redruth with Wheal Peevor and Portreath
A5 Camborne and Redruth with Wheal Peevor and Portreath - Kammbronn ha Resrudh gans Porthtreth
The Capital of Cornish Mining
Called the Capital of Cornish Mining, this was the centre of the Cornish mining industry, and home to many of its most important mines and individuals. World changing inventions were created right here. The impressive bulk of Carn Brea – a high granite ridge with jagged outcrops and fantastic 360° vistas – frames most views of Camborne and Redruth, serving as a reminder of the geology that underpinned their rapid growth. Mining built and shaped these mining communities; the decline of the industry had and continues to have lasting effects.
‘This is classic Cornish Mining landscape with the highest concentration of historic mining sites anywhere in the world’.
Places to visit
At the very heart of the World Heritage Site sits the great beam engine in Taylor's engine house, originally powered by high-pressure steam boilers introduced by local engineer Richard Trevithick.
Located along the Great Flat Lode south of Camborne, King Edward Mine is an historic training mine managed and conserved by dedicated volunteers. There is a unique example of a set of Californian Stamps within the historic Cornish Tin Mill along with one of the last Cornish Round Frames in existence.
Easily accessible public trails cross the area of the Great Flat Lode south of Camborne, which contains the greatest concentration of historic Cornish-type engine houses anywhere on earth.
Kresen Kernow (‘Cornwall Centre’) is home to the world’s largest collection of documents, books, maps and photographs relating to Cornwall’s history, all stored within a state-of-the-art archive centre built in the shell of the former Redruth Brewery.
