Substantial remains of former lead mines and processing works, much of which has been restored on conserved. Cornish engine house. Located in Minera Country…
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Trevithick Trail 2020
From Merthyr Tydfil, to Abercynon, Merthyr Tydfil, .
Explore the ‘Trevithick Trail’ that includes the ‘Trevithick Tunnel’, and enjoy a walk or cycle ride through history surrounded by nature’s beauty…
Swannington Incline 2020
Spring Lane, Swannington, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 8QR.
Part of the Leicester & Swannington Railway, one of England's first railways, built to carry coal by Robert Stephenson. An engine house at the top contained…
Tawe River Navigation Heritage Trail 2020
Oystermouth Road, Swansea, Swansea, .
Starts at the ‘National Waterfront Museum’, which is best arrived at by using the Park & Ride service to the city centre. With so much to see among…
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct 2020
Trevor Wharf, Llangollen Canal, Trevor, Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych, LL20 7TY.
- Parking
Built by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, it is 307m (1,007ft) long, 3-4m (11ft) wide and 1.6m (5.25ft) deep. It is a navigable aqueduct that carries…
Sedgwick Gunpowder Works 2020
Low Park Wood Caravan Site, Sedgwick, Cumbria, LA8 8AD.
- Part disabled access
Operated from 1857 until 1935. Includes the remains of buildings, mill races, leats and curious earthworks abound. Six incorporating mills, all of which…
Rockley Furnace & Engine House 2020
Rockley Lane, Nr Birdwell, Yorkshire, .
The furnace was built around 1700 to smelt the local iron ore. The engine house once housed a Newcomen type pumping engine that kept the iron mine dry.…
Ram Hill Colliery 2020
Ram Hill, Coalpit Heath, Gloucestershire, BS36 2TY.
This historically important site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the control of English Heritage, which has been largely cleared of vegetation by…
Pont y Cafnau 2020
Cyfarthfa, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, .
Located just below the confluence of the Afon Taf Fawr and the Afon Taf Fechan rivers, it is now used as a public footpath. This cast iron aqueduct (1793),…
Phillip’s Harbour (Harrow Harbour) 2020
Pentland Firth Coast, Mey, Sutherland, .
On the road sign it’s called Harrow Harbour. It is easy to jump to the conclusion that when Phillip's Harbour was built in the early 1800s it was primarily…
Penderyn Quarry Line 2020
Penyard Road, Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taff, .
The line dates from the mid-1780s when a horse-drawn tramway was built on a gentle gradient. The horses hauled trams from the quarry to the blast furnaces…
For nearly 200 years, this was a thriving family business. Hundreds of people were employed here and its iron and steel were exported around the world.…
Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park 2020
off Bysing Wood Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7UD.
- Parking
- Part disabled access
Once one of the main gunpowder factories in the South East, the park is one of the best places to discover history of gunpowder manufacturing in a tranquil…
Melingriffith Water Pump 2020
Ty Mawr Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff, Cardiff, CF14 2BH.
A ‘water lift engine’, the only one left in the world. Installed in the 1790s to a design by Jessop & Rennie, it lifted water from the tailrace exiting…
Lumsdale Mills, Ponds & Waterfall 2020
Upper Lumsdale Valley, Lumsdale, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5LA.
- Part disabled access
The valley, on the edge of Matlock, is one of the best water-powered industrial archaeological sites in Great Britain; it is unusual to see so extensive…
It is a dramatic, heavily wooded, steep sided valley close to St Blazey, through which the River Par flows. The valley retains an industrial and natural…
Kennall Vale Gunpowder Mills 2020
Kennall Vale Nature Reserve, Nr Ponsanooth, Cornwall, .
- Part disabled access
Tucked away in a wooded valley near the village of Ponsanooth, is a site of great historical interest having a wealth of industrial archaeological features.…
Greenside Lime Kiln 2020
Greenside, Kendal, Cumbria, .
Preserved in 2009 and designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Saved from dereliction to become an enduring link between the lime burning industry and…
Frosterley Marble 2020
Frosterley Railway Station, Stanhope, Nr Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, DL13 2SL.
- Parking
- Part disabled access
Three walks start from Frosterley Station on the Weardale Railway, which look at some of the old quarrying remains of Frosterley and their effects on the…
Dylife Lead Mines 2020
off B4518, Machynlleth, Dylife, Powys, .
A large complex with a spectacular waterwheel installed called Rhod Goch or Red Wheel, it had a diameter of 63ft and a width of 31/2ft it was one of the…
It is an internationally important industrial remains associated with the development of the iron and steel industries, started by David Mushet around…
Cyfarthfa Iron & Steelworks 2020
off Swansea Road, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, .
The impressive remains that can still be seen are of the six massive blast furnaces. A large brick arch, which is still standing, was built to bridge the…
Cobb’s Engine House 2020
Windmill End , Darby End, West Midlands, DY2 9HU .
- Parking
- Part disabled access
(Properly known as Windmill End Pumping Station), and is a scheduled ancient monument and a Grade II Listed building built around 1831. It housed a stationary…
21m (70ft) high and 220m (710ft) long aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley and which marks the border between Wales and…
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