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Camborne was once one of the richest mining areas in the world and is located in north Kerrier.

Camborne is best known as a centre for the former Cornish tin and copper mining industry, having its working heyday during the later 18th and early 19th centuries. Camborne was just a village until transformed by the mining boom which began in the late eighteenth century and saw the Camborne and Redruth district become the richest mining area in the world.

Camborne, Pool and Redruth are at the centre of a £150 million redevelopment scheme which hopes to reverse decades of social-economic decline in this former industrial heartland of Cornwall.

On Christmas Eve 1801, the London Steam Carriage - a steam-powered road locomotive built by Camborne engineer Richard Trevithick - made its way up Camborne Hill in Cornwall. It was the world's first self-propelled passenger carrying vehicle. Celebrated every last Saturday of April is the town celebratory day 'Trevithick Day', and by his statue standing outside Camborne public library.

Transport Links and How to get to Camborne

Most train services are operated by First Great Western both local services to Camborne, Redruth and Truro and direct trains linking Penzance with Plymouth, Exeter St.Davids, Bristol Temple Meads, Reading and London Paddington. The night train offers an overnight sleeper service to and from Reading and London. Journey time to Plymouth is typically under 2 hours; to Bristol around 4 hours, and London less than 5 hours.

Cross Country run a small number of services (departing in the morning, returning in the evening) via Bristol and Birmingham New Street to Glasgow Central via Preston and Carlisle, also to Dundee via Leeds, York, Newcastle and Edinburgh Waverley The journey time to Birmingham is just under 5 hours, and nearly 10 hours to Glasgow.

National Express operates coach services to London Victoria (taking around 9 hours) via Heathrow Airport. Local bus services connect Camborne with most major towns in Cornwall.