Gaining international recognition for

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• Gaining international recognition for
• The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

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• What is included in the Nomination?
• 7 landscape components
• Mine sites
• Mine transport
• Ancillary industries
• Mining settlements and social infrastructure
• Miners smallholdings
• Great houses, estates and gardens
• Mineralogical importance

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Mine sites and landscapes
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Associated industries
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Transport, settlements, great houses and
smallholdings
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• Objective One support for the Cornwall and
  West Devon Mining landscape as
• an expression of regional distinctiveness
• a contributor to and representative of regional
  cultural identity
• a resource for cultural and heritage tourism,
  with resulting economic benefits

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Funding Partners
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• Principal producer of tin and copper

• Extraordinary suite of minerals
• Revolution in steam mining technology
• Outstanding landscape survival
• Comprehensive protection
• World-wide impact

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Currently 175 international sites identified with
Cornish connection
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World Heritage Site Management Plan 2005-2010

• The Vision
• We believe that by protecting, conserving and
  enhancing the Outstanding Universal Value of the
  Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape it will
  reinforce cultural distinctiveness, and become a
  significant driver for economic regeneration and
  social inclusion.

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Conservation

• funding between 1996 2004 of 32m
• mine sites
• 93 engine houses consolidated 37 adapted
• 170 other mine structures consolidated
• 500 shafts treated
• mineral tramways
• 20 miles of multi-use trails
• mining settlements improvements
• e.g Redruth, St Day, St Just, Gunnislake,
  Calstock

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Calstock ore quay
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• Multi use trails - sustainable physical access

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Economic Impact Assessment findings

• 739,000 staying 1,913,000 day visitors for whom
  mining heritage very or quite important
• 870,000 visits per year to mining heritage
  attractions in Cornwall and West Devon
• Less seasonal pattern than traditional holiday
  tourism
• Visitor expenditure related to mining heritage
  estimated at 118.7 m, supporting 2,672 fte
  direct and 1,226 fte indirect jobs
• With appropriately resourced marketing, growth of
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• 47 mining conservation businesses identified with
  estimated 119.6 fte jobs directly supported
• Future conservation projects could support an
  estimated 214 fte jobs.

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October December 2004 Nomination Document
Management Plan sent to DCMS
February 1st 2005 Submission to UNESCO
July 2006 Consideration by World Heritage
Committee (UNESCO)
February 2005 - June 2006 Assessment
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www.cornish-mining.org.uk