Trevanny Dry
The china clay driers known as Trevanny Dry or Central Cornwall Dry were built in the 1920s and ran until the 1960s. Clay was pumped as a slurry down a pipeline from Starrick Moor near Trethurgy and was allowed to settle in tanks at the rear before being spread out on the coal-fired drying floor. A branch line ran to Pontsmill, resurrecting part of one of Treffry's old tramways and a petrol-powered locomotive shuttled up and down the short line to get the clay trucks onto the line to Par. The chimney was originally slightly taller until it was hit by lightning.
On walks
- Luxulyan Valley circular (3.4 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.
