The mineral tramways trails are a series of trails located in mid west
Cornwall
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, The trails are as follows:
Current trails
The
Coast to Coast trail
The coast, also known as the coastline or seashore, is defined as the area where land meets the ocean, or as a line that forms the boundary between the land and the coastline. The Earth has around of coastline. Coasts are important zones in n ...
17.5 km
From
Devoran
Devoran ( kw, Deveryon) is a village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is southwest of Truro at .Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' Formerly an ecclesiastical parish, Devoran is now in the civil par ...
to
Portreath
Portreath ( kw, Porthtreth or ) is a civil parish, village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about three miles (5 km) northwest of Redruth. The village extends along both sides of a st ...
following disused tramways
The
Great Flat Lode trail
The Great Flat Lode is a mineral-bearing body of rock under the southern granite slopes of Carn Brea south of Camborne in west Cornwall, England, UK.
Mining
The Great Flat Lode lies under the southern granite slopes of Carn Brea and so named ...
12 km
A circular trail encompassing much of the mining area to the south of
Redruth
Redruth ( , kw, Resrudh) is a town and civil parishes in Cornwall, civil parish in Cornwall, England. The population of Redruth was 14,018 at the 2011 census. In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, which also inc ...
and
Camborne
Camborne ( kw, Kammbronn) is a town in Cornwall, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 20,845. The northern edge of the parish includes a section of the South West Coast Path, Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove.
Camborne was formerl ...
The
Tresavean trail
Tresavean is a hamlet in the parish of Lanner, Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. ...
3 km
Proposed trails
The
Tolgus trail Tolgus may refer to the following places in Cornwall, England:
* Tolgus Mount
*West Tolgus
West Tolgus is a village in the Tolgus Valley in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies just off the A30 road south of Illogan, northeast of Ca ...
Connecting
Redruth railway station
Redruth station serves the town of Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom, and is situated on the Cornish Main Line between Truro and Camborne. The station is from via .
Great Western Railway manage the station and operate most of the trains, with ...
to the coast to coast trail at
Cambrose
Cambrose is a hamlet east of Portreath in west Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people ...
The
Redruth and Chasewater trail
Redruth ( , kw, Resrudh) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England. The population of Redruth was 14,018 at the 2011 census. In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, which also includes Carn Brea, Illogan a ...
The
Portreath branchline trail
The
Tehidy trail
Bibliography
* Acton, Bob - ''Exploring Cornwall's Tramway Trails, vol. 1: Great Flat Lode Trail'', 1996, reprinted 2001,
* Acton, Bob - ''Exploring Cornwall's Tramway Trails, vol. 2: Coast-to-coast Trail - Portreath to Devoran and Beyond'', 1997, reprinted 2000,
External links
* Cornwall County Council's Mineral Tramways website: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=13419
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Cycleways in Cornwall
Rail trails in England