A World Heritage Site

On July 13th 2006, the mining landscape of Cornwall and West Devon Became a World Heritage Site.

Cornish mining is now recognised as having cultural importance on a global level. There are ten areas which show the most authentic and historically significant suriving components of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape.

The Port of Hayle

Hayle became one of the principal mineral harbours in Cornwall in the nineteenth century.

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Caradon Mining District

The Caradon Mining District is loacted in the south-eastern corner of Bodmin Moor.

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Camborne and Redruth Mining District

The mining districts of Camborne and Redruth were at the centre of metal mining in Cornwall and west Devon.

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Luxulyan Valley with Charlestown

Cornish Mining

Geevor Underground

Geevor at Grass

Life at the edge

Rocks and Metals

A World Heritage Site

On July 13th 2006, the mining landscape of Cornwall and West Devon Became a World Heritage Site.

The Port of Hayle

Hayle became one of the principal mineral harbours in Cornwall in the nineteenth century.

Caradon Mining District

The Caradon Mining District is loacted in the south-eastern corner of Bodmin Moor.

Camborne and Redruth Mining District

The mining districts of Camborne and Redruth were at the centre of metal mining in Cornwall and west Devon.

Luxulyan Valley with Charlestown

The steep-sided Luxulyan Valley on the south Cornish coast became an important transport corridor in the nineteenth century