Mines & mining heritage · North East England
Cornish Hush Mine
In or near Stanhope.
Cornish Hush Mine in England North East, United Kingdom.
Trevor Littlewood — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Frosterley · 3.7 km
About
Cornish Hush Mine is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Pennines
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Cornish Hush Mine was a British lead ore and fluorspar mine in Weardale.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The mine operated from at least 1863 to 1902 to mine lead ore and from 1971 to 1972 and from 1979 to 1980 to mine fluorspar .
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.6991, -1.9969
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Stanhope
- Postcode
- DL13 2SZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Nearest railway station
- Frosterley — 3.7 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q62664938 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Cornish Hush Mine (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cornish Hush Mine?
- Cornish Hush Mine is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DL13 2SZ), in the parish of Stanhope.
- What is Cornish Hush Mine?
- Cornish Hush Mine in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Cornish Hush Mine?
- The nearest railway station is Frosterley, about 3.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode DL13 2SZ.
- Who owns Cornish Hush Mine?
- Cornish Hush Mine is owned by London Lead Company, and since 1971 SAMUK.
- Is Cornish Hush Mine a protected site?
- Yes — Cornish Hush Mine is part of the Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Cornish Hush Mine?
- The nearest railway station is Frosterley, about 3.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DL13 2SZ.