Mineral Tramway Trails
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The mineral tramways trails are a series of trails located in mid west Cornwall
, The trails are as follows:
From Devoran
to Portreath
following disused tramways
The Great Flat Lode trail
12 km
A circular trail encompassing much of the mining area to the south of Redruth
and Camborne
The Tresavean trail 3 km
Connecting Redruth railway station
to the coast to coast trail at Cambrose
The Redruth and Chasewater trail
The Portreath branchline trail
The Tehidy trail
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, The trails are as follows:
Current trails
The Coast to Coast trail 17.5 kmFrom Devoran
Devoran
Devoran is a village in south Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated four miles southwest of Truro at . Formerly an ecclesiastical parish, Devoran is now in the civil parish of Feock....
to Portreath
Portreath
Portreath is a civil parish, village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately three miles northwest of Redruth....
following disused tramways
The Great Flat Lode trail
Great Flat Lode Trail
The Great Flat Lode Trail is a long circular trail around Carn Brea in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, and is one of Cornwall's Mineral Tramway Trails....
12 km
A circular trail encompassing much of the mining area to the south of Redruth
Redruth
Redruth is a town and civil parish traditionally in the Penwith Hundred in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a population of 12,352. Redruth lies approximately at the junction of the A393 and A3047 roads, on the route of the old London to Land's End trunk road , and is approximately west of...
and Camborne
Camborne
Camborne is a town and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at the western edge of a conurbation comprising Camborne, Pool and Redruth....
The Tresavean trail 3 km
Proposed trails
The Tolgus trailConnecting Redruth railway station
Redruth railway station
Redruth Station serves the town of Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The station is operated by First Great Western as is every other station in Cornwall.-First station:Located at ...
to the coast to coast trail at Cambrose
The Redruth and Chasewater trail
The Portreath branchline trail
The Tehidy trail
External links
- Cornwall County Council's Mineral Tramways website: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=42035