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Tuckingmill Valley has been transformed from the most visible derelict land site in West Cornwall into an award winning park. The park has a bespoke skate park, walking trails, play facilities, public toilet and creative art installations set within a rich mosaic of habitats http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=21701.
©Rod Allday
Looking eastwards from the bridge by Tuckingmill Valley Park. Owing to resurfacing works a contraflow system is in operation ahead.
©Rod Allday
Dist:0.1km<br/>The Red River valley below Tuckingmill was once derelict industrial land but is now parkland with recreational facilities and diverse fauna and flora.
©Tony Atkin
Dist:0.1km<br/>A piece of raw slate engraved with a picture of a sailing ship and the names of places all over the world to which Cornish miners emigrated.
©Rod Allday
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking east towards Poole junction.
©Tony Atkin
Dist:0.5km<br/>Winding engine house with remains of steam winding engine - now removed.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>This was latterly an alternative access for South Crofty and closed with that mine. The derelict winding engine house contained the incomplete remains (just visible through the doorway) of a duplex steam winding engine. Built 1897 and moved here in 1924. In 2005 the remains were removed to South Crofty as part of a World heritage bid project. I have no idea what this site now looks like.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.7km<br/>The building in the foreground used to be part of the factory making safety fuses, invented by William Bickford.
©Tony Atkin
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©Colin Pyle
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©SMJ
Dist:0.7km<br/>The Opie Building is on the left, the Penhaligon Building is on the right. In the foreground is a bed of rosemary.
©Tom Jolliffe
Dist:0.7km<br/>The entrance to the Opie Building at the Cornwall College Camborne campus has a pleasing design. Higher Education is well established on this campus.
©Tom Jolliffe
Dist:0.7km<br/>A composition of curves makes this an inviting subject. The low entrance to the Opie building seems to be environmentally appropriate in the local terrain. The Penhaligon building can be seen on the right.
©Tom Jolliffe
Dist:0.7km<br/>One of the buildings at the University Centre in Cornwall. The rosemary in the foreground is planted in a bed in front of the entrance to the Opie building. A transmitter mast carries the information traffic that we take for granted.
©Tom Jolliffe
Dist:0.7km<br/>This derelict factory at Tuckingmills is where William Bickford first manufactured his invention, safety fuse in 1831. Black powder was used to blast away rocks in mines and the fuses used to ignite the powder were extremely unreliable. Bickford invented a way of winding rope around a core of black powder to produce a fuse which burned reliably. This invention has saved the lives of many miners.
©Tony Atkin

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