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Dates
The event will end at 2pm.
About this event
Cornwall Heritage Trust is hosting a special Nature Activity Day at Treffry Viaduct this February half term.
Taking place on Tuesday 17th February from 11am – 2pm, visitors will have the chance to spot the signs of Spring at this 19th-century architectural wonder hidden in the beautiful Luxulyan Valley near St Austell.
Once a hive of industrial activity, nature has reclaimed this fascinating historic place and there is a wealth of wonderful wildlife for you to discover there.
There’ll be lots to get involved with, including bird identification, seed planting and storytelling.
There’s no need to book and you don’t need to be Cornwall Heritage Trust members. Just come along and enjoy!
The site can be reached by car or by train via Luxulyan train station on the Atlantic Coast railway branch line between Par and Newquay.
Parking: Black Hill Car Park, Luxulyan, St Austell, PL26 8YE – What3Words: ///coverings.shots.sticks
Treffry Viaduct was built between 1839 and 1842 to carry both trucks and water across the Luxulyan Valley for local mining entrepreneur Joseph Thomas Treffry. The first large civil engineering structure of its kind to be built in Cornwall and the only known viaduct in Britain to combine these two uses, it is now a Scheduled Monument and part of the Cornish Mining World Heritage site, as designated by UNESCO.
It is one of 19 historic sites cared for by Cornwall Heritage Trust and is free to visit for everyone all year round.
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The activities are approximately a 1-minute walk on level ground from the car park, which has dedicated accessible parking spaces.
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