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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFCC80" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03c8e8e3.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="03e95810.png" border=0 width="149" height="129" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TRE VAB YOWANN"><U>Home</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="facilities_and_fees.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tre Vab Yowann, Facilities and fees"><U>Facilities and fees</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="getting_here.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tre Vab Yowann, Getting Here"><U>Getting here</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More Information"><U>Enquiries</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FF9900" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03d00c82dwnjbj.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B>TRE VAB YOWANN</B></div> <div> <B>BED & BREAKFAST</B></div> <div> In the area</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> <IMG SRC="06630e40.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="228" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> There are many tourist attractions in the area, such as Flambards Theme Park, Poldark Mine, Goonhilly Earth Station (BT owned) and Paradise Park Bird Sanctuary plus National Trust properties at Trelissick and Trerice. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Carn Brae Castle</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="05c6e130.jpg" border=0 width="366" height="275" ALT="The roundhouses at Veryan" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Hundreds of miles of coastland around Cornwall is owned by the National Trust. The Tate Gallery is situated at St Ives and the nearby beaches of Perranporth and Portreath are a mecca for surfers. </div> <div> The better known surfing beaches at Fistral Beach and Watergate Bay, both Newquay, and Polzeath Beach, North Cornwall, offer surfing lessons at their renowned academies. There are plenty of places to fish and play golf and plenty of walks both locally and, of course, further afield.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="068e4300.jpg" border=0 width="228" height="304" ALT="The ideal location for a gentle stroll" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Redruth itself, although not a tourist town, is steeped in history and has retained many of the Victorian buildings paid for from the money made by the wealthy owners of the surrounding tin mines.  The town's heritage and former prosperity lies in copper and tin mining activities spanning back 250 years to the mid-1700's.  The last tin mine to close in Cornwall was South Crofty at Pool (mid-way between Camborne and Redruth), which closed its doors in 1998.  Over the years many Cornish families have emigrated to far-flung parts of the globe such as Australia, North and South America and Africa.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>                                                                                                   </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06ade280.jpg" border=0 width="222" height="296" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> There is still evidence of the past glory of the tin mining era locally from the Pednandrea stack at the top of the town to the unused engine houses close to Tre Vab Yowann on the Great Flat Lode trail.  A working engine house, which is situated at Pool, one mile from our home and owned by the National Trust, can be viewed in action.  Another working edifice owned by the NT is the steam-powered beam engine at Pendeen, near St Just  - the Levant Mine and Beam Engine.  Blue Hills Tin Mine at St Agnes still continues, in a small way, tin mining and stamping.  They offer guided tours, together with goods such as jewellery made by them on site.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>