Our Constituency
Camborne, Redruth, Hayle, St Agnes and Perranporth Conservatives covers the new constituency resulting from the 2023 boundary changes agreed by the Boundary Commission.
The towns of Camborne, Redruth and Hayle together make up the commercial and industrial heart of Cornwall. The area was at the centre of the mining industry in the 19th century and was home to some of Britain's most influential inventors. Richard Trevithick, invented the steam locomotive at Camborne and William Murdoch, invented the gas powered light at Redruth and also contributed to the development of steam technology.
Cornish Metals Exploration’s 100% owned South Crofty tin project is a strategic tin asset and is located in the Central Mining District of Cornwall, in the towns of Pool and Camborne, South West England. The South Crofty project is fully permitted, having underground permission (mining licence) valid until 2071, planning permission to construct a new process plant and a permit from the Environment Agency to dewater the mine. Cornish Metals plans to complete a feasibility study and to bring the project to a production decision.
The Redruth we see today is almost wholly a product of the last 250 years. It owed its growth to its good fortune in lying at the centre of what was in the 1700s one of the richest parts of land in the world. It was the deep mining of copper after the 1730s, which catapulted Redruth out of its status of quiet market town - in reality a village. Formerly overshadowed by its neighbours of Truro, Helston and Falmouth, it became one of the major urban centres in Cornwall.
An academic hub in Cornwall, Camborne is home to Cornwall College Camborne, and has served as a vocational training hub for nearly a century. The College is home cutting edge facilities, dynamic learning experiences and fantastic student spaces. Camborne School of Mines (CSM) is celebrating 30 years as part of the University of Exeter and 135 years since its creation.
Hayle is a port town in west Cornwall, just over 5 miles from St Ives. It is situated at the mouth of the Hayle River, and boasts a 3 mile stretch of golden sand at the glorious Hayle Beach. A boom town at the heart of England's Industrial Revolution, Hayle was the main port for the tin and copper mines of west Cornwall and home to the two biggest iron foundries in the world.
St Agnes, Cornwall or in it’s native tongue, Breanek, is a small, quiet and uncommercialised town located in West Cornwall, roughly 11.6 miles west of Newquay, 34.9 miles North East of Lands End. It’s a small, quiet mining village that was founded in 1846. The St. Agnes mining district is a Cornish Mining World Heritage Site, with the Wheal Coates Engine House poised on the edge of the coastal slope above the cove at Chapel Porth. Penhale Sands is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) of international importance. St Agnes is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Perranporth's history is a mixture of mining and its association with the Patron Saint of Cornwall, St Piran.The cliffs on the left side of the beach are full of the relics of the mining which took place here. Many holes cut into the rock which are known in Cornwall as adits are visible. But care should be taken in trying to explore the adits and the right equipment is essential for any exploration. St Piran, who is celebrated in Cornwall annually on St Piran's day, March 5th, had his oratory here in the sand dunes known as Penhale Sands above the beach. Perranporth is a small town with a big reputation. Situated on Cornwall's North coast Perranporth has a splendid beach of golden sand which is 3 miles in length. Perranporth is a tourist haven and in the summer months, the beach of this seaside town can have up to 12,000 holiday makes - four times the town's population!
Despite so many strengths, there are areas of our constituency have pockets of severe poverty, deprivation and the associated problems of social breakdown and welfare dependency that require urgent address.
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