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Pool

(0.5 miles, 0.8 km)

Pool is situated between Cambourne and Redruth in an area that was once the centre of Cornwall's prosperous tin mining industry...

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Redruth

(1.6 miles, 2.6 km, direction E)

Redruth was formerly the capital of the largest and richest metal mining area in Britain. ..

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South Crofty Mine Head, Cambourne, Cornwall

Camborne

(1.9 miles, 3.1 km, direction SW)

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Portreath lies on Cornwall's magnificent North-western coast, it occupies a picture-postcard valley setting of woods, streams and fine rural meadow-land, with its crowning glory being the beach lying beneath rugged cliffs topped with springy turf and heathers...

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Gwithian

(5.4 miles, 8.8 km, direction W)

Gwithian has a beautiful white sandy beach with frothy Atlantic rollers which act as a magnet for surfers, for this is one of Cornwall's top surfing spots. In medieval times.....

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St Agnes

(6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction NE)

Once one of the centers of the cornish tin mining industry, St Agnes is steeped in mining history, with many old engine houses to be seen around the area. The tin from St Agnes is.....

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Trevellas

(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction NE)

Lovely coastal region lying at the mouth of Trevellas Coombe, a steep valley with stone built tall chimneys and the shell of a derelict engine house still standing as evocative reminders of the old Blue Hills Tin Mine...

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Hayle

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction W)

Three miles of golden sands backed by impressive sand dunes have made Hayle a perfect summer place for families to enjoy a holiday. It is an old town, made prosperous in the 18th-century when John Harvey opened his tin, copper and foundry business..

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Penryn

(8.1 miles, 13.1 km, direction SE)

Penryn is one of Cornwall's most ancient town's, first appearing in the Doomsday book under the name Trelivel, until in 1216 when the Bishop of Exeter founded the town and named.....

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Lelant

(8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction W)

The estuary on which the pretty holiday resort of Lelant stands is a paradise for bird watchers, it is also an old village with a long maritime history...

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