Industrial Heritage in Cornwall

Blue Hills Tin Streams / St Agnes

Tour of tin streams with the opportunity to see the processing of the mineral to finished articles.
Tin giftware and jewellery cast on site.
China Clay Country Park / St Austell

Museum illustrating the history of china clay extraction in Cornwall since it was discovered in the county in 1746
Cornish Mines and Engines / Redruth

Cornish Mines and Engines is an engine house and collection of beam engines and other industrial artefacts owned by the National Trust
Cornwall Gold / Portreath

An all weather family attraction, where visitors can watch the experts produce exquisite pieces of hand crafted jewellery
Geevor Tin Mine / St Just

Geevor Tin Mine, situated on the Atlantic Coast of the far west of Cornwall, is the largest preserved mining site in the United Kingdom
Healey's Cyder Farm / Perranporth

The Cornish Cyder Farm produces strong traditional scrumpys, sparkling ciders, country wines, jams, preserves, brandy and has lots of friendly farm animals to entertain the children
Heartlands / Redruth

Redeveloped 19 acre site of one of Cornwall's most active and long running mines. Heartlands both celebrates the areas mining heritage with in situ exhibits and moves on, with landscaped gardens and an excellent adventure playground
Kennall Vale / Penryn

Kennall Vale is a beautiful woodland with fascinating remnants of its industrial past as a gunpowder factory. Located between Redruth and Penryn, now a nature reserve, the woods around the River Kennall are dotted with old granite ruins.
King Edward Mine Museum / Camborne

King Edward Mine Museum specialises in the mining history of Cornwall. Visitors are shown live demonstrations of tin processing. The mine is featured on BBC2's Edwardian Farm.
Levant Mine / St Just

The engine house of the Levant mine, famous for its rich undersea deposits of both copper and tin, is situated on a cliff edge five miles from Land's End