Wheal Unity
Wheal Unity was one of the richest mines in the area with profits over £100,000 (very roughly equivalent to £10 million) in 1798. The dressing floors were at the bottom of the valley and needed a constant supply of water. A six mile leat was built from Pednandrea Mine in Redruth to supply this which is ironic as there was no shortage of water in the mine's underground tunnels. Wheal Unity was amalgamated with Police Mine at the start of the 19th Century and by the middle of the century it was mainly worked for arsenic.
On walks
- Twelveheads and Chacewater (6 mile walk)
Get the iWalkCornwall app
Download the app and use it to explore the walks and to purchase a guided route.
The app will direct you to the start of the walk via satnav.
The app guides you around the walk using GPS, removing any worries about getting lost.
The walk route is described with detailed, regularly-updated, hand-written directions.
Each time there is a new direction to follow, the app will beep to remind you, and will warn you if you go off-route.
A map shows the route, where you are at all times and even which way you are facing.
Each walk is packed with information about the history and nature along the route, from over a decade of research than spans more than 3,000 topics.
Once a walk is downloaded, the app doesn't need a phone or wifi signal during the walk.
The app counts down distance to the next direction and estimates time remaining based on your personal walking speed.
We keep the directions continually updated for changes to the paths/landmarks - the price for a walk includes ongoing free updates.
