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“An award-winning World Heritage site, featuring historic port, copper mine, working Victorian farm, railway, heavy horses and museums of costume and mining. Just four miles west of Tavistock and bordering the beautiful River Tamar, amidst towering cliffs and gently rolling farmland, discover this lost world with the help of our Living History team.” Click Here…

“King Edward Mine is the oldest complete mine site left in Cornwall and is situated in the World Heritage Area. All the buildings are Grade II* Listed and are of national importance. Open May-September.” Click Here for More Information on the King Edward Mine [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”50.204068,-5.276105″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”King Edward Mine…

“This museum is probably the museum for industrial and social history. It is located over several sites in the area surrounding the town of Ironbridge which is now part of Telford. Items specifically related to mining are a small mine headgear and steam powered lifting engine. A new (artificial) level into a coal mine (both…

“An actual freemine (one of only four mines that still exists) that operates as a commercial mine during the winter months and as a tourist attraction in the summer.” Click Here for More Information on the Hopewell Colliery Museum [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”51.789539,-2.59573″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Hopewell Colliery, Lacinda/Prosper La, Coleford GL16 7JP, United…