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Redruth
Town and civil parish in Cornwall, England

Redruth

Redruth is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England.

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It lies approximately 9 miles (14 km) west of Truro, 12 miles (19 km) east of St Ives, 18 miles (29 km) north-east of Penzance and 11 miles (18 km) north-west of Falmouth. At the 2021 census, the population of the parish was 15,626 and the population of the built-up area was 15,455.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    East Pool Mine

    Pool TR15 3NP (leave A30 at Camborne East or Redruth junctions.

  2. 02
    King Edward Mine

    King Edward Mine, Troon, Camborne TR14 9HW (Outside of Camborne near to the village of Troon off the A30), info@kingedwardmine.co.uk.

  3. 03
    Wheal Basset Stamps

    Ruins of the former Wheal Basset stamphouses and tin processing plant.

  4. 04
    Tolgus Tin

    This machinery, set up in 1865, pulverised mining waste which still contained useful amounts of tin.

  5. 05
    Carn Brea
Do

Things to do

Mineral Tramways Trails. Explore Cornwall's mining heritage by cycling or walking along the mineral tramways trails, there are many ruins of former engine houses and tin processing facilities which stand tall within the landscape.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Carn Brae Castle

    Middle Eastern restaurant in a castle that was built in 1379, and was later remodelled.

How locals move

Getting around Redruth the local way

  • Get inNumerous ferries serve Falmouth, converging on the Prince of Wales Pier ferry terminal in the town centre.
  • Get inService is generally hourly but may skip a crossing when the tide is extremely low, when the ferries can't dock.
  • Get inTruro ferries run at all states of the tide, but have an alternative landing point in Truro during very low tides, when the ferry company provides a free shuttle bus to take you to the town centre.
  • Get inJust north of Falmouth, the King Harry Ferry runs year round as a chain-ferry providing a short-cut for cars crossing the Fal river.
  • Get inDetails for all of the above (along with connecting ferry services from St.

From Wikivoyage: Falmouth (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Jgjsmith006 (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.