Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

#3401 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Unesco, Archaeological site

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

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The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape is a World Heritage Site which includes select mining landscapes in Cornwall and West Devon in the south west of England. The site was added to the World Heritage List during the 30th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Vilnius, July 2006. Following plans in 2011 to restart mining at South Crofty, and to build a supermarket at Hayle Harbour, the World Heritage Committee drafted a decision in 2014 to put the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger, but this was rejected at the 38th Committee Session at Doha, Qatar, in favour of a follow-up Reactive Monitoring Mission. ()

Alternative names: Unesco: from 2006Coordinates: 50°8'10"N, 5°23'1"W

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Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Paradise Park, Pengersick Castle, St Uny's Church, Trevarno.

3.5 miNW
Outdoor activities, Park, Zoo
Paradise Park, Hayle
89 min walk • Paradise Park is a wildlife sanctuary situated in Hayle, Cornwall, England. It has over 1000 birds and animals and is the home of the World Parrot Trust.
2 miS
Forts and castles
Pengersick Castle, Praa Sands
53 min walk • Pengersick Castle is a fortified manor house located between the villages of Germoe and Praa Sands in Cornwall, England. The tower house, which is in the parish of Breage, is a Grade I listed building. Parts of the building date from the early 16th century.
4.2 miNW
Church
St Uny's Church, Carbis Bay
109 min walk • St Uny Church, Lelant, is the Church of England parish church of Lelant, Cornwall, England. It is dedicated to Saint Uny who is also the patron saint of Redruth. It is a Grade I listed building.
3.8 miE
Park
Trevarno
97 min walk • Trevarno is a private country estate in south-west Cornwall, England, UK, near the village of Crowntown, 2 miles north-east of Helston.
4.3 miN
Nightlife
The Bucket of Blood, Hayle
110 min walk • The Bucket of Blood is a public house in Phillack, Hayle, Cornwall, owned by St Austell Brewery. It is thought to be named after an incident where the landlord brought up a bucket of blood from the building's well, as a murdered smuggler had been dropped there and the name has been recognised as one of the quirkiest in the country.
3 miSE
Church
Breaney Methodist chapel, Praa Sands
77 min walk • Breaney Methodist chapel is a Methodist chapel in the village of Breage, near Helston, Cornwall, UK. The chapel is on Trewithick road in Breage, past the school. It was built in 1829 for and by the Miners of Breage. There were many other chapels in Breage parish.
3.4 miN
50°10'56"N • 5°21'31"W
Gwinear Pitch & Putt, Hayle
86 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
3.9 miNW
Church
St Elwyn's Church, Hayle
101 min walk • St Elwyn’s Church is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK.
1.5 miW
Church
Lizard and Mount's Bay Methodist Circuit, Praa Sands
38 min walk • The Lizard and Mounts Bay Methodist Circuit is a Methodist circuit that serves the area surrounding Mount's Bay in Cornwall, England.
1.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Tregonning Hill
41 min walk • Tregonning Hill is the westerly of two granite hills overlooking Mount's Bay in west Cornwall, United Kingdom, the other being Godolphin Hill. They are approximately 6 kilometres west of the town of Helston.
1.1 miE
Museum, History museum, Vernacular architecture
Godolphin Estate
29 min walk • The Godolphin Estate is a National Trust property situated in Godolphin Cross, 7 km north-west of Helston in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The house is a Grade I listed building.