Carn Brea, Camborne

Name: Carn Brea
Address: Camborne, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1209 218358

#2 among attractions in Camborne

Top attraction, Historical place, Prehistoric site

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Carn Brea is a civil parish and hilltop site in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The population of Carn Brea including Bosleake and Church Coombe was 8,013 at the 2011 census. The hilltop site is situated approximately one mile southwest of Redruth. The settlements of Bosleake, Brea, Broad Lane, Carn Arthen, Carn Brea Village, Carnkie, Four Lanes, Grillis, Illogan Highway, Pencoys, Penhallick, Piece, Pool, Tolskithy, Tregajorran, Treskillard, Tuckingmill and West Tolgus are in the parish. ()

Coordinates: 50°13'15"N, 5°14'56"W

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Camborne United Kingdom

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+44 1209 218358

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Carn Brea – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Great Flat Lode, Carn Brea Castle, Heartlands Cornwall, King Edward Mine.

~620 ftNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Great Flat Lode, Camborne
3 min walk • 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.
~1120 ftNE
Historical place, Forts and castles
Carn Brea Castle, Redruth
6 min walk • Carn Brea Castle on Carn Brea is a 14th-century grade II listed granite stone building which was extensively remodelled in the 18th century as a hunting lodge in the style of a castle for the Basset family. The building is in private use as a restaurant.
1.1 miW
Playground, Archaeological site
Heartlands Cornwall, Camborne
30 min walk • Heartlands Cornwall, often known simply as Heartlands, is a World Heritage Site Gateway and visitor attraction in Pool, Cornwall, England, UK. It has been dubbed as Cornwall's first free cultural playground. It was developed at South Crofty's Robinson Shaft and spread over 19 acres in the former mining heart of Cornwall.
1.5 miSW
Museum
King Edward Mine, Camborne
39 min walk • The King Edward Mine at Camborne, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom is a mine wholly owned by Cornwall Council. At the end of the 19th century students at the Camborne School of Mines spent much of their time doing practical mining and tin dressing work in the local tin mines.
0.9 miNW
Museum, Science museum
Cornish Mines and Engines
24 min walk • East Pool mine, was a metalliferous mine in the Camborne and Redruth mining area, just east of the village of Pool in Cornwall, England. Worked from the early 18th century until 1945, first for copper and later tin, it was very profitable for much of its life.
1.3 miNE
Archaeological site
Mining Exchange, Redruth
33 min walk • The Mining Exchange is a Grade II listed building in Redruth, Cornwall, UK. It was constructed in 1880 at a cost of £500 to build. It is thought to have been designed by local architect Sampson Hill. The Mining Exchange was where local producers sold mineral stock.

Carn Brea, Camborne

Facts and practical information

Camborne plan & book

Carn Brea – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Great Flat Lode, Camborne

Carn Brea Castle, Redruth

Heartlands Cornwall, Camborne

King Edward Mine, Camborne

Cornish Mines and Engines

Mining Exchange, Redruth