Portreath to Devoran Mineral Tramway: Poldice Valley Section
Cycling the Poldice Valley section of the Portreath to Devoran Mineral Tramway trail.
Places to see in ( Portreath - UK )
Places to see in ( Portreath - UK )
Portreath is a civil parish, village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about three miles northwest of Redruth. The village extends along both sides of a stream valley and is centred on the harbour and beach. West of the harbour entrance and breakwater are two sandy beaches which are popular with holidaymakers and surfers.
Portreath lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. Separately, in early 2017, the village was looking to be a hedgehog friendly village. It would join Burton Fleming in East Yorkshire as one of a handful of hedgehog friendly villages in the UK.
The name Portreath (meaning sandy cove) was first recorded in 1485 and tin streaming in the valley was recorded from 1602. By 1827 Portreath was described as Cornwall's most important port and Portreath was, with Devoran on the south coast, one of the main ports for sending the copper ore mined in the Gwennap area to Swansea for smelting. With a growing population a church was built in 1827, the Portreath Hotel (1856), Methodist Chapel (1858), Basset Arms (1878) and the School (1880) all followed.
The Portreath Tramroad, the first railway in Cornwall, was started in 1809 to link the harbour with the copper mines at Scorrier and St Day. By 1812 the tramroad reached Scorrier House, one of the financiers houses, and was completed by 1819. The Portreath branch of the Hayle Railway was opened in 1838. To the south of the harbour, and on the west side of the valley, are the remains of the old cable-worked incline which linked the harbour to the mainline at Carn Brea.
The Portreath incline was, one of four on the Hayle Railway and was 1,716 ft (523 m) long with a rise of about 240 ft (73 m). The railways and Portreath Tramroad associated with the minerals trade today form the Mineral Tramways Coast to Coast, a long distance cycleway and footpath extending 15 miles (24 km) from Portreath to the south coast.
( Portreath - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Portreath . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Portreath - UK
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Places to see in ( Portreath - UK )
Places to see in ( Portreath - UK )
Portreath is a civil parish, village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about three miles northwest of Redruth. The village extends along both sides of a stream valley and is centred on the harbour and beach. West of the harbour entrance and breakwater are two sandy beaches which are popular with holidaymakers and surfers.
Portreath lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. Separately, in early 2017, the village was looking to be a hedgehog friendly village. It would join Burton Fleming in East Yorkshire as one of a handful of hedgehog friendly villages in the UK.
The name Portreath (meaning sandy cove) was first recorded in 1485 and tin streaming in the valley was recorded from 1602. By 1827 Portreath was described as Cornwall's most important port and Portreath was, with Devoran on the south coast, one of the main ports for sending the copper ore mined in the Gwennap area to Swansea for smelting. With a growing population a church was built in 1827, the Portreath Hotel (1856), Methodist Chapel (1858), Basset Arms (1878) and the School (1880) all followed.
The Portreath Tramroad, the first railway in Cornwall, was started in 1809 to link the harbour with the copper mines at Scorrier and St Day. By 1812 the tramroad reached Scorrier House, one of the financiers houses, and was completed by 1819. The Portreath branch of the Hayle Railway was opened in 1838. To the south of the harbour, and on the west side of the valley, are the remains of the old cable-worked incline which linked the harbour to the mainline at Carn Brea.
The Portreath incline was, one of four on the Hayle Railway and was 1,716 ft (523 m) long with a rise of about 240 ft (73 m). The railways and Portreath Tramroad associated with the minerals trade today form the Mineral Tramways Coast to Coast, a long distance cycleway and footpath extending 15 miles (24 km) from Portreath to the south coast.
( Portreath - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Portreath . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Portreath - UK
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Places to see in ( Portreath - UK )
Places to see in ( Portreath - UK )
Portreath is a civil parish, village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about three miles northwest of Redruth. The village extends along both sides of a stream valley and is centred on the harbour and beach. West of the harbour entrance and breakwater are two sandy beaches which are popular with holidaymakers and surfers.
Portreath lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. Separately, in early 2017, the village was looking to be a hedgehog friendly village. It would join Burton Fleming in East Yorkshire as one of a handful of hedgehog friendly villages in the UK.
The name Portreath (meaning sandy cove) was first recorded in 1485 and tin streaming in the valley was recorded from 1602. By 1827 Portreath was described as Cornwall's most important port and Portreath was, with Devoran on the south coast, one of the main ports for sending the copper ore mined in the Gwennap area to Swansea for smelting. With a growing population a church was built in 1827, the Portreath Hotel (1856), Methodist Chapel (1858), Basset Arms (1878) and the School (1880) all followed.
The Portreath Tramroad, the first railway in Cornwall, was started in 1809 to link the harbour with the copper mines at Scorrier and St Day. By 1812 the tramroad reached Scorrier House, one of the financiers houses, and was completed by 1819. The Portreath branch of the Hayle Railway was opened in 1838. To the south of the harbour, and on the west side of the valley, are the remains of the old cable-worked incline which linked the harbour to the mainline at Carn Brea.
The Portreath incline was, one of four on the Hayle Railway and was 1,716 ft (523 m) long with a rise of about 240 ft (73 m). The railways and Portreath Tramroad associated with the minerals trade today form the Mineral Tramways Coast to Coast, a long distance cycleway and footpath extending 15 miles (24 km) from Portreath to the south coast.
( Portreath - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Portreath . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Portreath - UK
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Places to see in ( Portreath - UK )
Places to see in ( Portreath - UK )
Portreath is a civil parish, village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about three miles northwest of Redruth. The village extends along both sides of a stream valley and is centred on the harbour and beach. West of the harbour entrance and breakwater are two sandy beaches which are popular with holidaymakers and surfers.
Portreath lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. Separately, in early 2017, the village was looking to be a hedgehog friendly village. It would join Burton Fleming in East Yorkshire as one of a handful of hedgehog friendly villages in the UK.
The name Portreath (meaning sandy cove) was first recorded in 1485 and tin streaming in the valley was recorded from 1602. By 1827 Portreath was described as Cornwall's most important port and Portreath was, with Devoran on the south coast, one of the main ports for sending the copper ore mined in the Gwennap area to Swansea for smelting. With a growing population a church was built in 1827, the Portreath Hotel (1856), Methodist Chapel (1858), Basset Arms (1878) and the School (1880) all followed.
The Portreath Tramroad, the first railway in Cornwall, was started in 1809 to link the harbour with the copper mines at Scorrier and St Day. By 1812 the tramroad reached Scorrier House, one of the financiers houses, and was completed by 1819. The Portreath branch of the Hayle Railway was opened in 1838. To the south of the harbour, and on the west side of the valley, are the remains of the old cable-worked incline which linked the harbour to the mainline at Carn Brea.
The Portreath incline was, one of four on the Hayle Railway and was 1,716 ft (523 m) long with a rise of about 240 ft (73 m). The railways and Portreath Tramroad associated with the minerals trade today form the Mineral Tramways Coast to Coast, a long distance cycleway and footpath extending 15 miles (24 km) from Portreath to the south coast.
( Portreath - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Portreath . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Portreath - UK
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Mineral Tramways Coast to Coast path between Portreath and Devoran, in Cornwall England
WALK CORNWALL - PART 2 Mawla to Poldice Valley, Coast to Coast Trail Cornwall
The Coast to Coast trail is 12 miles of contrasting landscape from the rugged north coast at Portreath, following the mineral Tramway built in 1809 to transport ore from the mines, through woodland, farmland and the lunar landscape of the Poldice Valley, once a hive of activity for the tin mining industry. The trail picks up the route of the old Redruth and Chasewater Railway to Devoran.
In the first video we walked from Portreath to Mawla. This video covers Mawla to Poldice Valley. In Part 3, we try to make sense of the mining buildings remaining in the Poldice Valley. The final video takes us from the Poldice Valley to Devoran.
Cornwall on Video - St Ives, Redruth, Portreath, Godrevy, East Pool Mine
Cornwall on Video - St Ives, Redruth, Portreath, Godrevy, East Pool Mine, Carn Brae Castle and Carwynnen Quoit
Video Produced by Paul Dinning
Railway Walks Full Episode 3 : The Birth of Steam - Cornwall - The Mineral Tramways
Tin and copper once made the area around Redruth the richest patch of land in the country. They inspired great engineering feats and pioneering tramways, the forebears of the rail empire. Julia has her work cut out as she crosses an entire country, winding past Cornwall's crumbling engine houses and following a railway that has not operated for 140 years
Wheal Maid Mining Trail by bike
Connects the Carharrack Mining Trail to the Portreath- Devoran Mineral Tramway Trail at Twelveheads. Tailings lagoons and dams on the left and a capped mine shaft on the right at 01:53. The young lad near the end was carrying his MTB as both mechs wrecked, dad waiting at Twelveheads for him.
Beautiful Seaside Towns, Derelict Mines AND Dramatic Coastlines - Cornwall Part 2
Thanks for tuning in on part 2 of our Cornwall travels. We visit St. Ives, cycle from Portreath to Devoran along the Mineral Tramways cycle path, as well as visit Godrevy beach and Falmouth Maritime
Museum. Next travel vlog to be expected in a couple of weeks from the Stunning Pembrokeshire in west Wales. See you then!
Music :
Paper Tiger - Personal Canoe
iamalex - Changed
Daddy Long Legs - Long John's Jump
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DJi Mavic flight at Carnon Valley Viaduct on the Coast to Coast trail, Bissoe, Cornwall, UK.
DJi Mavic Carnon Viaduct carries the railway from Truro to Falmouth (branded The Maritime line) over the Carnon river, road and mineral tramway cycle route in West Cornwall, The present nine arch masonry viaduct replaced an earlier structure designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel which pillars still stand beside todays viaduct with similar dimensions of 96 feet high and 756 feet long which opened in 1933 at a cost £40,000 built by Great Western Railways.
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Please watch: Portreath Sunset
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Railway Walks Cornwall
A history of tin mining in Cornwall
Portreath conrwall flooding 6/12/16
Portreath floods on 6/12/16, footage at the start is a bit pixelated, but we picked up my bikes helmet cam and decided to go on an adventure. This is our story
Godrevy to Portreath South West Coastal Path
Holiday bike ride on part of the South West coastal trail in Cornwall. Starting at Hell's Mouth cafe and working my way along the cliff edge trail, down to Portreath beach and up Lighthouse Hill. An easy ride but there is a bit of hike a bike to do, getting up and down some steep steps near the Portreath section of the trail.
Portreath to Devoran - Coast to Coast
Devoran Quay
9th August at Devoran Quay. Warm sunny day.
A 4 day holiday in West Cornwall (Saturday 23rd AND Sunday 24 April 2011)
So this was a holiday i had over the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend that was last week. Firstly you see me at Gwithian Towans Beach which i explain that i'm on holiday, Next you see me walking to a chinese takeaway and stroking a cat that approached me :).
Thats the Saturday done.
Sunday you see me cycling back from Devoran to Portreath,
Then you see me on the beach talking about things and finally i add a little extra clip of a sunset on Portreath Beach from a large rock i was sitting on :)
Cornish Coast to Coast 7May2016
Paul Bradley, Brett Rice, Paul Winsper & Adam Lane - bimbling on bikes across Cornwall. Featuring daredevil Nobby!
Cornwall Coast to Coast Cycle Trail
I had my first run at the coast to coast multi use trail on 01/02/13. I really enjoyed the ride.
A few tips if you're using this as a guide.
Be prepared to get wet and muddy! It's fun once you accept it.
There is a fork in the path just before the road near Scorrier. At about 3:21 on the vid. Don't make my mistake. Go right at that fork and you will stay on the trail and not loose it like I did.
There is a car park at Devron just of the Falmouth to Truro road as shown, or the one at Portreath.
I went there and back again. The last quarter of the ride was the best bit for me. Scorrier is pretty much the highest point of the trail, so I had great fun bombing down the trail all the way back to Devron. Fortunately due to poor weather it was quite quiet so safe to get some speed up. If you're having a go in high season I suspect you will need to tame things down a bit.
I'm just getting back into cycling so no hot shot and of modest fitness. No big climbs, but a lot of gentle steady uphill. You'll find segments on Strava if you want more of an idea of gradient etc. I think there is one from Portreath to Devorn if that helps you find it.
I hope this helps.
Enjoy the trail.
Be respectful and courteous to other users and bit your tongue when others aren't so polite.
Have fun.