Liskeard Unlocked - Liskeard Library - Immersive Walk
Liskeard Library, Barras Street, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 6AB
Virtual reality walk to Discover The Workplaces and Stories of Liskeard Miners. Walk Caradon virtually and discover more about the lives of the copper miners that lived in Liskeard and walked the seven miles return journey to work.
When miners first arrived from West and Mid Cornwall to work in the newly discovered copper mines around Caradon Hill they lived in Liskeard and walked the seven miles return journey to work. The walk will show the remains of their workplaces and hear some of their stories.
News of the discovery of copper around Caradon Hill in the 1830s attracted miners from the parts of Cornwall where mines were closing and workers were being laid off. A move to Liskeard was less daunting than emigration to the Americas, South Africa and Australiasia, as many other Cornishmen did. The tiny rural villages around Caradon Hill, such as St Cleer and Pensilva, had no accommodation to offer them. Rather live in tents on Bodmin Moor, the newcomers initially lived in quickly erected basic rows of small cottages, called Courts, in Liskeard such as Cook’s Court in Barn Street and Martin’s Court in West Street. Until house building started in the closer to work villages, miners had to walk three and a half miles before and after their ten hour shift. The walk will centre round South Caradon Mine, their main employer, and hear something of their lives.
If you don't want to wear VR headset it will be possible to watch this as a film.
Timings & Tours
- Friday 06 September:
- 1000-1700
- Saturday 07 September:
- 1000-1700
- Monday 09 September:
- 1000-1700
- Tuesday 10 September:
- 1000-1700
- Wednesday 11 September:
- 1000-1700
- Thursday 12 September:
- 1000-1900
- Friday 13 September:
- 1000-1700
- Saturday 14 September:
- 1000-1700
Location & directions
Liskeard Library, Barras Street, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 6AB
- Contact on day:
- Leanne Lewellyn
- Telephone number:
- +443302234158
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
