Portreath

Portreath

Portreath is a village, civil parish and fishing port in the Kerrier district of Cornwall, England, UK. The village is spread along a stream valley away from the beach, clinging to both slopes, towards the main centre around the harbour and parade of shops, about 300 metres from the seafront. It is predominantly a centre for holidaymakers seeking sand and surf especially on high tide.

However, it was considered the centre of the industrial age because it was important as a centre for copper and tin and as the nearest village to the RAF station on the hill to the north.

Further up the valley are small clothing factory outlets and to the south, the significant remains of the old cable-worked incline used by the Hayle Railway in the 19th and early 20th centuries to descend to the quayside. The old mineral tramway between Portreath on the North Coast and Devoran on the South, has been opened as a public footpath and cycle track.

External links

* [http://www.parishtram.co.uk Portreath Parish Tram Web Site]
* http://www.trencrom.freeserve.co.uk/portreath.htm
* http://www.heartofcornwall.com/pages/portreath.htm
* [http://www.chycor2.co.uk/westcountryviewscornwall/towns/portreath/portreath.htm 8 photographs of Portreath at WestCountryViews.co.uk]
* [http://www.parishtram.co.uk/history.htm A Brief history of Portreath] [http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=((text)='portreath') Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Portreath]
* [http://www.portreath.cornwall.sch.uk Portreath School] website
* [http://www.sustrans.org.uk/default.asp?sID=1131363982437 Sustrans Mineral Tramways cycle route]


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