Visit Illogan Places

Welcome to Visit Illogan Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Illogan

  

Illogan Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Illogan

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Illogan history

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Antiquities

In 1931 the ruins of a Roman villa at Magor Farm were found by Nicholas Warren and excavated under the guidance of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. Villa was probably the residence of a wealthy Dumnonian who had adopted the Roman lifestyle.

Church

The Church of England parish church was dedicated to St Illogan (Ylloganus or Euluganus) and St Edmund. The earliest reliable reference, dated 1235, refers to the Ecclesia of Eglossalau. By 1844, the church had become too small to serve a vastly increasing mining population. A new church was built to the designs of J. P. St Aubyn at a cost of £2,875 and came into use on 4 November 1846.

Buildings

Parts of Aviary Court date back 300 years and was the home of mining engineer James Tangye. The Bain Memorial, in memory of David Wise Bain who owned Portreath Harbour, built in 1901 as almshouses for decayed (invalid) miners.

You can visit Illogan places with Walkfo Illogan to hear history at Illogan’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Illogan has 52 places to visit in our interactive Illogan map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Illogan, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Illogan places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Illogan & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 52 audio facts unique to Illogan places in an interactive Illogan map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Illogan Places Map
52 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Illogan historic spots	Illogan tourist destinations	Illogan plaques	Illogan geographic features
Walkfo Illogan tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Illogan

  

Best Illogan places to visit

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Illogan has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Illogan’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Illogan’s information audio spots:

Trevenson Trevenson (Cornish: Trevensyn) is in the parish of Carn Brea, between the towns of Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

South Crofty South Crofty is a metalliferous tin and copper mine located in Pool, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has seen production for over 400 years, and extends almost two and a half miles across and 3,000 feet (910 m) down and has mined over 40 lodes.

Dolcoath mine Dolcoath mine (Cornish: Bal Dorkoth) was a copper and tin mine in Camborne, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its name derives from the Cornish for ‘Old Ground’, and it was also affectionately known as The Queen of Cornish Mines.

Tehidy Country Park Tehidy Country Park is a country park in Illogan in Cornwall. It incorporates 250 acres (1.0 km) of parkland and estate. The park’s facilities include an events field, barbecue hire facilities in a specially designated woodland, outdoor education facilities, a permanent orienteering course and a schools and youth campsite.

East Pool mine East Pool mine (later known as East Pool and Agar mine), was a metalliferous mine in the Camborne and Redruth mining area, just east of the village of Pool in Cornwall. Worked from the early 18th century until 1945, first for copper and later tin, it was very profitable for much of its life.

Godrevy Head to St Agnes Godrevy Head to St Agnes is a coastal Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in north Cornwall, UK. A number of rare and scarce plant species can be found on the site, along with many breeding seabirds.

Carn Brea Castle Carn Brea Castle is a 14th-century grade II listed granite stone building. It was extensively remodelled in the 18th century as a hunting lodge in the style of a castle for the Basset family. The building is in private use as a restaurant.

Nance Wood Nance Wood is a woodland Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near Portreath, west Cornwall. Site was first notified in 1951 for its almost pure dwarf, sessile oak (Quercus petraea) coppiced woodland. Irish spurge (Euphorbia hyberna) found in only two localities in Britain.

Wheal Peevor Wheal Peevor was a metalliferous mine located on North Downs about 1.5 miles north-east of Redruth, Cornwall. The first mining sett was granted here in around 1701 on land owned by the St Aubyn family. The mine covered only 12 acres (4.8 ha) but had rich tin lodes.

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