West Cornwall Bryophytes Site of Special Scientific Interest, Camborne

Name: West Cornwall Bryophytes Site of Special Scientific Interest
Address: Camborne, United Kingdom

#7 among attractions in Camborne

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The West Cornwall Bryophytes Site of Special Scientific Interest is a group of seven locations of former mining activity, that form a single SSSI and Important Plant Area in western Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The site is noted for its biological characteristics and derives its name from the rare bryophyte species found there. ()

Coordinates: 50°13'13"N, 5°16'47"W

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Camborne United Kingdom

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West Cornwall Bryophytes Site of Special Scientific Interest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Martin and St Meriadoc's Church, Heartlands Cornwall, King Edward Mine, Cornish Mines and Engines.

1.1 miSW
Church
St Martin and St Meriadoc's Church, Camborne
28 min walk • St Martin and St Meriadoc's Church, Camborne is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Camborne, Cornwall.
~1430 ftNE
Playground, Archaeological site
Heartlands Cornwall, Camborne
7 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.
1.2 miS
Museum
King Edward Mine, Camborne
31 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.
1 miNE
Museum, Science museum
Cornish Mines and Engines
27 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.
~1690 ftSW
Sport, Sport venue
Roskear, Camborne
9 min walk • Roskear is a street and area on the eastern edge of Camborne, Cornwall. In the early 1900s, the area had a tram loop. Roskear is known in the 2000s mostly for its cricket ground, which is located off South Roskear Terrace.

West Cornwall Bryophytes Site of Special Scientific Interest, Camborne

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West Cornwall Bryophytes Site of Special Scientific Interest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

St Martin and St Meriadoc's Church, Camborne

Heartlands Cornwall, Camborne

King Edward Mine, Camborne

Cornish Mines and Engines

Roskear, Camborne