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The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site was inscribed in 2006. It encompasses nearly 20,000 hectares across Cornwall and West Devon and includes woodland, townscapes, coast paths and clifftops. It consists of 10 Areas, each with their own character and attributes of mining heritage to explore.

We have an illustrated map of the World Heritage Site which shows all ten Areas - from St Just in Penwith in the west to Tavistock in the east - and this can be seen here.

Both Geevor Tin Mine at Pendeen and the Tavistock Guildhall are also Key Centres of the World Heritage Site and excellent places to start your World Heritage Site journey of discovery. To find out more, please see the Geevor Tin Mine and the Tavistock Guildhall websites.  

The multi-use trails available across Cornwall are very popular with residents and visitors, and many of these follow the routes of the historic mineral tramroads and railways once so important to the mining industry. A Mining Trails guide is available which shows the locations of these and how they interlink within and around the Camborne-Redruth and Gwennap mining districts.