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East Wheal Rose mine, St Newlyn East, Newquay

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Accessibility

"East Wheal Rose itself is a preserved historic site now part of the Lappa Valley attraction, where accessibility is facilitated by the Lappa Valley railway, leading to various accessible facilities including a Changing Places toilet, a new fully accessible adventure golf course, and a soft play area. While the engine house itself has limited internal access due to its historic nature, the grounds and surrounding attractions are designed to be inclusive for visitors with disabilities and neurodiversity."

Brief description

"East Wheal Rose was a metalliferous mine around three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) south east of the village of St Newlyn East and is around 4 miles (6.4 km) from Newquay on the north Cornwall coast, United Kingdom. The country rock at the mine was killas and its main produce was lead ore (galena), but as is usual when mining this mineral, commercial quantities of silver and zinc were also found and sold.

Lead was found in the area in 1812 and in 1834 the mine was established, by 1846 the mine employed over 1,200 men, women and children.[1]

The two main lodes, called Middleton's Lode and East Lode, trended north-south. The ore they contained was in places very soft and loose and the killas was also not a particularly strong rock, necessitating extensive underground timbering, particularly in the shafts.[2] Records show that the mine had more than twenty shafts on the two lodes,[3] and the deepest workings were at 150 fathoms (900 ft)."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Wheal_Rose

Address

Metha Road, St Newlyn East, Newquay, TR8 5LX

Email

Phone

For contact information for the historic East Wheal Rose mine site, you can contact Lappa Valley on 01872 510317.

Website

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Wheal_Rose

Directions

"The East Wheal Rose mine is located near the village of St. Newlyn East, in Cornwall, England, with a postal address of Metha Road, St Newlyn East, Newquay, TR8 5LX, which is associated with the Lappa Valley attraction that preserves the site's heritage."

Opening Times

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