Cornwall Had More Railways. Did That Mean Better Transport?
Cornwall’s lost railway map is persuasive. But coverage, speed and the ability to get home are different things—and the timetable does not always agree with the nostalgia.
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Mines And Moving Goods
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The Railway Through Perranporth That Disappeared
Perranporth once sat on a railway between Chacewater and Newquay. The line has gone, but its route still shapes paths, bridges and memory.
There Was a Railway Running Out of Newquay Harbour
A load of ore could reach Newquay and still have a cliff to get down. Follow the horses, miners and winding machinery that completed the journey.
The Newquay Hotel With a Lift Through the Cliff
Before Bertie’s and THE NICI, the Victoria offered guests a rather elaborate shortcut to the beach. Its lift connects several very different lives of the same Newquay building.
The Hotel the Railway Built
A young Cornish architect, a newly reachable sea view, and a resort with more going on than its brochures could comfortably explain.