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The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site is the largest industrial World Heritage Site in the UK

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✨Nadelik Lowen ✨ 🎄The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site team wishes you a joyful, peaceful, and relaxing festive season, and a very Happy New Year 🥂
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Today marks a defining moment for heritage protection. On this day in 1972, the #WorldHeritage Convention was adopted. @CornishMining is proud to be part of the UNESCO family. #UNESCO #WorldHeritage #SustainableFuture #GlobalImpact #UNESCOSites #CelebrateCulture
UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳
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16 Nov 2025
Today marks a defining moment for heritage protection. On this day in 1972, the #WorldHeritage Convention was adopted, transforming how we recognize, protect and value heritage worldwide. For over 53 years, it has helped safeguard humanity’s most remarkable sites. Learn more: whc.unesco.org/en/convention…
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Today marks a defining moment for heritage protection. On this day in 1972, the #WorldHeritage Convention was adopted, transforming how we recognize, protect and value heritage worldwide. For over 53 years, it has helped safeguard humanity’s most remarkable sites. Learn more: whc.unesco.org/en/convention…
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We really enjoyed joining @tamarvalleynl to explore how former mine sites can become thriving havens for nature. Huge potential to collaborate and deliver brilliant outcomes for both mining heritage and biodiversity. tamarvalleynationallandscape…

Nature Connects | tamarvalleynationallandscape

Join us for an immersive walk and talk series that celebrates the stories and sounds from Tamar Valley National Landscape, on the Devon/Cornwall border. Become more connected and feel closer to...

tamarvalleynationallandscape.podbean.com
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🌟 We’re excited to announce that our team will be at the EXPO Ertach Kernow 2025 | Cornish Heritage EXPO 2025 this October! 🌟 📌 Pendennis Castle 🗓️ Fri 3rd & Sat 4th October 💷 FREE entry Find out more 👉🏻 bit.ly/46rCumJ @CIOS_HER @EnglishHeritage
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Help celebrate Cornwall’s heritage! The Distinctiveness Working Group, in collaboration with Cornwall Council’s Culture and Heritage teams, is inviting everyone to help build an inventory of Cornwall’s unique cultural traditions. Got something to share? bit.ly/47xSnu8

Intangible Cultural Heritage

Cornish Intangible Cultural Heritage is the non-physical aspects of Cornish culture that are passed down through generations and are part of community life. It is Cornwall’s living culture and...

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🎉 To celebrate @WorldHeritageUK's 10th anniversary, we’re delighted to share a short film that showcases the beauty, history, and diversity of the UK’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites. #WHUK #WorldHeritageUK #celebrate #UNESCO #worldheritage
World Heritage UK@WorldHeritageUK
1 Sep 2025
🎉WHUK Celebrates 10 Years!!🎉 WHUK was formed ten years ago today! Thanks to @bigpiccharity for our short film, marking this anniversary by celebrating World Heritage! Watch the film here: worldheritageuk.org/articles… #WHUK #UNESCO #WorldHeritage
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⏱️The Countdown is on - Just 3 weeks to go 🎉 We are thrilled that we’ll be taking part in @cornwallheritagetrust’s Awenek! - The Great Cornish Heritage Festival #celebrate #CornishHeritage #cornwall #heritage #festival #greatdayout
Cornwall Heritage Trust 〓〓@Heritage_Trust
20 Aug 2025
Awenek! lives up to its title as 'The Great Cornish Heritage Festival' with a huge array of Cornish heritage exhibitors and performers in attendance this year! Join us on Saturday 13th September at Enys Gardens, Penryn. Book your tickets through our website.
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**UPDATE** Please note that the deadline for submissions has been extended to 14th September 2025
cornishmining@CornishMining
13 Aug 2025
🌿 Consultancy Opportunity: Ecological Audit of the @CornishMining World Heritage Site 🌍 We're inviting ecological consultants to assess biodiversity & habitats across the 10 Areas of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site 📅 Deadline: 7/9/25 Details👉🏻bit.ly/47ubTaJ
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🌿 Consultancy Opportunity: Ecological Audit of the @CornishMining World Heritage Site 🌍 We're inviting ecological consultants to assess biodiversity & habitats across the 10 Areas of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site 📅 Deadline: 7/9/25 Details👉🏻bit.ly/47ubTaJ
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Cornwall Heritage Trust 〓〓@Heritage_Trust
23 Jul 2025
During our Great Cornish Heritage Festival, taking place on Saturday 13th September at Enys Gardens, Penryn, visitors will have the chance to enjoy an immersive Cornish cultural experience! Book your tickets via the 'Wasson' page on our website.
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📸🎬 We’re looking for photographers & filmmakers to help us capture the spirit of our World Heritage Site 🌍Your work will be featured in our Management Plan and beyond — showcasing our #WorldClassHeritage. Discover more at - bit.ly/3If2eKT Deadline – 27/07/25
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🎉 Don't miss the Tavistock Heritage Fair – Sat 26 July 🏛️Meet the amazing people behind Tavistock’s heritage projects at the Tavistock Guildhall. 🗣️ Chat, explore, get involved! #TavistockHeritage #HeritageFair #TavistockGuildhall #LocalHistory #GetInvolved #HeritageMatters
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🎉 @WhealMartyn is celebrating 50 incredible years of sharing Cornwall’s pioneering china clay story! As the UK’s only china clay mining museum, it’s the perfect time to visit. Special events & memories await in the heart of Clay Country 👉🏻 bit.ly/4nqmPfi

50 years of keeping Cornwall’s pioneering china clay industry story alive

As the UK’s only china clay mining museum, we are celebrating our 50th anniversary this year.

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Take a look at the new Tavistock Heritage Trails leaflet 👇🏻 Visit Tavistock and local historian Andrew Thompson have produced 3 heritage trails which guide you through the town’s vibrant heritage - visit-Tavistock.co.uk/herita….
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Grab your calendar and note down the date! Awenek is back in 2025 🎉 Cornwall Heritage Trust's fantastic celebration of all things heritage is at a new venue this year. We will be there so please come along and say hello 👋🏻 @Heritage_Trust
Cornwall Heritage Trust 〓〓@Heritage_Trust
2 May 2025
Our Cornish heritage extravaganza, Awenek!, is returning this September bigger and better than ever, in a brand-new location and booking is now open! Book your tickets here cornwallheritagetrust.org/ev…
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Cornwall Heritage Trust 〓〓@Heritage_Trust
2 May 2025
Our mini-brazier has continued its journey around our historic sites and was this week lit at Dupath Well and the Hurler Stone Circles by our Countryside Ranger team and representatives from the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site and Cornwall National Landscape.
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Discover our new Visit pages on the @CornishMining World Heritage Site website! The launch coincides with #WorldHeritageDay the perfect opportunity to focus on the World Class Heritage of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site. cornishmining.org.uk/visit
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We are delighted to have been awarded funding from the Cornwall National Landscape as part of the Access for All grant programme. Working with the Sensory Trust we have created some new online resources for St Agnes and St Just Mining Districts. bit.ly/3XUvOdx
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🗓️Coming soon... Join Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group for a day exploring Tinworking Remains around Princetown ⛏️👇🏻
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