Blanchdown Wood – View from Blanchdown Wood loop from Gunnislake
Blanchdown Wood – View from Blanchdown Wood loop from Gunnislake
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Blanchdown Wood – View from Blanchdown Wood loop from Gunnislake
01:36
18.8km
390m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 14, 2026
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Tamar Valley National Landscape
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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3.75 km
View of Tamar Valley
Highlight • Forest
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3.98 km
Wheal Anna Maria Calciner Complex
Highlight • Structure
It was named after the Duchess of Bedford!
Her main workings were on the ‘Main Lode‘ (the largest sulphide deposit in southwest England).
When its rich copper waned, Devon Great Consols became the largest arsenic mine in the world because the margins of the copper-rich lode were dominated by arsenopyrite.
In 1860 the copper lode at Anna Maria was up to 45 feet wide and yielding up to 80 tons per fathom, but by around 1880 the copper boom was over. Thankfully, arsenic production sustained the mine into the 1900s, until the company folded.
Arsenic ore, unlike copper ore, was refined on site using the ‘calcination’ process – and at Wheal Anna Maria they yielded over 72,000 tons of refined arsenic! – Whoop!
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4.16 km
Blanchdown Wood
Highlight • Forest
The woods are home to plenty of hiking and bike trails, and offer plenty of scope for exploration.
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4.29 km
View from Blanchdown Wood
Highlight • Forest
Look down and you will see the spoil heaps of the Great Devon Consols, the name of the mine once situated here. First copper and then arsenic was mined here and signs of the long gone industry can be seen throughout Blanchdown Wood.
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10.3 km
Welcome to Devon
Highlight • Natural Monument
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10.3 km
Horsebridge over the River Tamar
Highlight • Historical Site
Find a pub on the Devon side in the north of the hamlet and enjoy the stunning views of the river from the bridge's refuges.
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13.3 km
Stream in Tamar Valley National Landscape
Highlight • Natural
14.0 km
Tamar Valley Woodland Cycle Route
Highlight • Cycleway
18.8 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
9.02 km
3.50 km
3.19 km
1.96 km
1.13 km
Surfaces
6.74 km
6.48 km
4.31 km
1.26 km
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Elevation
Highest point (180 m)
Lowest point (10 m)
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