Cornish Mining World Heritage Site

🌟 We’re excited to announce that our team will be at the EXPO Ertach Kernow 2025 | Cornish Heritage EXPO 2025 this October! 🌟

📌 Pendennis Castle
🗓️ Fri 3rd & Sat 4th October
💷 FREE entry

Find out more 👉🏻 bit.ly/46rCumJ

@ciosher.bsky.social @englishheritage.bsky.social

Intangible Cultural Heritage Cornish Intangible Cultural Heritage is the non-physical aspects of Cornish culture that are passed down through generations and are part of community life. It is Cornwall’s living culture and include...

Help celebrate Cornwall’s heritage!
The Distinctiveness Working Group, in collaboration with Cornwall Council’s Culture and Heritage teams, is inviting everyone to help build an inventory of Cornwall’s unique cultural traditions. Got something to share? bit.ly/47xSnu8
@ciosher.bsky.social

**UPDATE** Please note that the deadline for submissions has been extended to 14th September 2025

🌿 Consultancy Opportunity: Ecological Audit of the
Cornwall & West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site 🌍

We're inviting ecological consultants to assess biodiversity & habitats across the 10 Areas of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site

📅 Deadline: 7/9/25

Details👉🏻https://bit.ly/47ubTaJ

🎟️ Tickets for Awenek! 2025 are now live on the Cornwall Heritage Trust website 🎉
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👉🏻 www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/.../awenek-t...

#cornwall #celebrate #heritage #CornishHeritage #cornishculture

🏛️🔓 The Liskeard Unlocked 2025 programme is now available.

🗓️ Get ready to explore and discover some great stories!

#LiskeardUnlocked #HeritageOpenDays #Liskeard #CornwallHeritage #ArchitecturalHeritage #MiningHeritage #CaradonMiningDistrict #ExploreLiskeard #greatstories

📸🎬 We’re looking for photographers & filmmakers to help us capture the spirit of our World Heritage Site 🌍
✨ Your work will be featured in our Management Plan and beyond - showcasing our #WorldClassHeritage.
Discover more 👉🏻 bit.ly/3If2eKT
Deadline for Expressions of Interest – 27/07/25

50 years of keeping Cornwall’s pioneering china clay industry story alive As the UK’s only china clay mining museum, we are celebrating our 50th anniversary this year.

🎉 Wheal Martyn is celebrating 50 incredible years of sharing Cornwall’s pioneering china clay story! As the UK’s only china clay mining museum, it’s the perfect time to visit.

Special events & memories await in the heart of Clay Country 👇🏻
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#celebrate #50years #sharingstories

You can discover more about these events and view the full programme at www.cornwall-butterfly-conservation.org.uk/events...

Butterfly Conservation Cornwall have a packed programme of field trips and events including locations in the mining landscape ⛏️
Look out for:
🦋 Saturday 31st May – Chapel Porth
🦋 Sunday 8th June – Greenscombe Woods
🦋 Thursday 3rd July – Carnon Valley
🦋 Wednesday 23rd July – Wheal Fortune and Cusvey

The Calstock Ferry, one of England’s oldest passenger ferries is back, powered by the sun - TAMARA LANDSCAPE PARTNERSHIP One of England’s oldest ferry routes is being brought back to life as the Calstock Ferry resumes service across the River Tamar - this time powered entirely by the sun.

⭐ Great news from the Tamar Valley National Landscape ⭐

🚤 The Calstock Ferry is back – and this time it’s powered by the sun! 🌞

Discover the story at bit.ly/4dtsJrr

Grab your calendar and note down the date! Awenek is back in 2025 🎉
Cornwall Heritage Trust's fantastic celebration of all things heritage is at a new venue this year. We will be there so please come along and say hello 👋🏻
Find out more 👉🏻 bit.ly/44Mu8XV

Part of a packed programme of events celebrating and raising awareness of the natural and historic heritage of the six outstanding assets in Devon designated by UNESCO as being of global significance. Discover more at devonassoc.org.uk/celebrating-...

What a brilliant start to The Devonshire Association's Celebrating Devon's World-Class Heritage events 🎉 It was great to be a part of the Discovery Day of Talks in Tavistock Town Hall last Saturday. Look out for the Discovery Day of Walks focusing on Tavistock and Devon Great Consols coming up soon!

Discover our new Visit pages on the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site website! The launch coincides with #WorldHeritageDay the perfect opportunity to focus on the World Class Heritage of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site.
www.cornishmining.org.uk/visit

Crowns Engine House St Just Mining District, Wheal Coates St Agnes Mining District. Cornish Mining World Heritage Site - Access for All

We are delighted to have been awarded funding from the @cornwall-landscape.bsky.social as part of the Access for All grant programme. Working with @sensory-trust.bsky.social we have created some new online resources for St Agnes and St Just Mining Districts.

www.cornishmining.org.uk/about/news/a...

🗓️ Coming soon... Join Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group for a day exploring Tinworking Remains around Princetown ⛏️ 👇🏻

Cornwall Council are recruiting a Museum Development Officer

Find out more and apply for the post below 👇🏻

🗓️ Closing date: 07/04/2025

Fancy joining our team?

We're recruiting for a Historic Environment Records (HER) Officer!

This will be a full time & permanent position, for more information - and to apply! - head on over to the job listing:
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🖤🤍 Gool Peran Lowen! 🖤🤍
Happy St Piran's Day from all of us at the @cornishmining.bsky.social

#stpiransday #cornwall #celebrate #cornish

📷 Image - Levant Mine (c) Ainsley Cocks

Tavistock Conservation Area Appraisal Addendum and Management Plan - Have Your Say Have your say on the conservation area of Tavistock, a unique stannary town in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape. The town's conservation area looks to co...

✍🏻 Over in Area A10 - the Tavistock Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Plan public consultation is now live! Have your say 👇🏻
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#tavistock #devon #worldheritagesite #YourViewsMatter #HaveYourSay

Wheal Martyn set to benefit from Arts Council England funding Wheal Martyn is is one of four museums in the South West to receive funding from Arts Council England.

Fantastic news for Wheal Martyn 🎉
www.wheal-martyn.com/news/wheal-m...

🔔*UPDATE* Please note that the dates for this event should read Sunday 16th and 23rd February.

Free Tolgus Tin Mill Tour Join a free Tolgus Tin Mill tour at Cornwall Gold this February - there’s so much to do including eat award-winning food, pan for gold and shop Tolgus jewellery.

📢 What at great opportunity to discover the Grade II-listed Tolgus Tin Mill – the last of its kind in Cornwall. Free tours on Sunday 15th and 22nd February at 1pm. Find out more 👇🏻
www.cornwall-gold.com/whats-on/fre...

The Census provides evidence of the importance of our rural creative economy, including heritage crafts!

By taking part, you're helping us to make the case for funding & investment

You'll also help us to understand what support the sector really needs

Deadline 6th March:
bit.ly/cornwallscre...

Free Tolgus Tin Mill Tour Join a free Tolgus Tin Mill tour at Cornwall Gold this February - there’s so much to do including eat award-winning food, pan for gold and shop Tolgus jewellery.

📢 What at great opportunity to discover the Grade II-listed Tolgus Tin Mill – the last of its kind in Cornwall. Free tours on Sunday 15th and 22nd February at 1pm. Find out more 👇🏻
www.cornwall-gold.com/whats-on/fre...

UNESCO in the UK | Building lasting peace through education, the sciences, culture, communication & information. An independent body, the National Commission is a constitutional part of the UK's membership of UNESCO. We are the central hub for all UNESCO-related matters in the UK.

The UK National Commission for @unesco.bsky.social in the UK has officially launched its new website.

You can now discover the UK’s extraordinary network of UNESCO Designations all showcased in one place.

Take a look - unesco.org.uk

Wow! We are loving those #blueskies in Tavistock today 😎💙

#Tavistock #tavistocktownhall #Devon #worldheritage #worldheritagesite

📷 All images (c) Lesley Strong

Two new 360 film commissioning opportunities — Screen Cornwall Screen Cornwall are delighted to invite ideas for two new 360 immersive film commissions. In partnership with the West Devon…

We are delighted to be working in partnership with Screen Cornwall on a new 360 film focussing on PLACE - sharing the story of Cornwall's physical landscape and its impact on industries and communities over the past, present and future.

Commissions are now open - Find out more below bit.ly/3Q1p1Kt

Heritage at the Heart of an Evolving Cornwall: A Strategy for Cornwall's Historic Environment (2022 - 2030) In order to make good decisions about how Cornwall changes in the future we need to understand its past. Heritage at the Heart of an Evolving Cornwall: A Strategy for Cornwall’s Historic Environment (...

Our Heritage Strategy, developed in partnership with Bord Ertach Kernow, has just been updated!

You can find out more & read 'Heritage at the Heart of an Evolving Cornwall: A Strategy for Cornwall’s Historic Environment (2022 - 2030)' here: letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/heritage-str...