Mineral Tramway Trails

The mineral tramways trails are a series of trails located in mid west Cornwall, The trails are as follows:

Current trails

The Coast to Coast trail 17.5 km

From Devoran to Portreath following disused tramways

A circular trail encompassing much of the mining area to the south of Redruth and Camborne

The Tresavean trail 3 km

The Tolgus trail

Connecting Redruth railway station to the coast to coast trail at Cambrose

The Redruth and Chasewater trail

The Portreath branchline trail

The Tehidy trail

Acton, Bob - Exploring Cornwall's Tramway Trails, vol. 1: Great Flat Lode Trail, 1996, reprinted 2001, ISBN 978-1-873443-41-5
Acton, Bob - Exploring Cornwall's Tramway Trails, vol. 2: Coast-to-coast Trail - Portreath to Devoran and Beyond, 1997, reprinted 2000, ISBN 978-1-873443-37-8

Cornwall County Council's Mineral Tramways website: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=13419

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