Wheal Alfred is the site of a former copper and lead mine and a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in west Cornwall, England, UK. The mine is located 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the town of Hayle and is also a Geological Conservation Review site. The mine is famous to geologists for its important mineral specimens such as mimetite and pyromorphite.
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Joppa is a farmstead settlement in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately one mile southeast of Hayle and is in Hayle civil parish.
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Gwinear is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, in the Cornwall district, in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is about two miles east of Hayle and overlooks the Angarrack valley. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1234. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished to form "Gwinear Gwithian".
Gwinear village sits on a hill with expansive views from the northern end of the village down the Angarrack valley. There is a local pub, the Royal Standard, and a community hall. Gwinear is the church town of Gwinear-Gwithian civil parish.
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St Gwinear's Church, Gwinear is a Grade I listed church in the Church of England in Gwinear, Cornwall.
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St Erth Praze is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the B3302 road east of St Erth.
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