Welcome to King Edward Mine's Events page
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Fun Dog Show 4th May 2025
Cornwall Schools Mining Games 2025
The next Games will be held on 19th June 2025. We will welcome our normal volunteers to help with this popular event, but of you would like to help, please get in tough through the volunteering page.
In June 2024, King Edward Mine Museum hosted the 5th Cornwall School Mining Games for Year 8 students from schools across Cornwall. Over 160 year 8 students took part in a unique competition that aims to inspire and encourage students to engage with engineering and earth sciences.
11 schools from across Cornwall participated in this year’s event, with 18 teams composed of students from year 8. This equated to 142 students and 25 members of school staff. We couldn’t have achieved the successful day without our 49 wonderful volunteers who helped the day run smoothly and provided appropriate support and care throughout.
For a full report of the 2024 games and some photos, please download the report below;
Booking Form for a Group Visit to King Edward Mine
If you are planning a group visit in 2025, please complete the form below (* indicates required information).
If you would like to book a school visit, please use the booking form on the education page
The reason for this question is to enable KEM to be able to help you to meet your ambitions. We will need our volunteers to staff both the Mill and the Museum.
Should you wish to organise food, please contact The Croust Hut 01209 612635
Group Booking Form
Restoration of Historic Cornish Headframe 2025
In 2023, an opportunity was presented to the Trustees of King Edward Mine (KEM) by the owner of one of the last remaining wooden headframes in Cornwall. The headframe was originally built at Geevor and erected at Cligga Head (near St Agnes) in 1962. From there it was moved to Nangiles (Wheal Jane area), then to Wheal Concord (Skinners Bottom) in 1980. This site later became the home of Cornish Firewood, which is owned by Jason Thomas, and it is the Thomas family who have offered a long-term loan to enable the headframe to be renovated and installed at KEM. It is one of the last remaining wooden headframes in Cornwall, and was at risk of collapse before King Edward Mine stepped in.
Thanks to all those who supported the initial seed funding through our Go Fund me page, we are in the process of restoring the headframe and have received a grant from the Association of Industrial Archeology for the headframe to be re-erected about Engine Shaft. We have Planning Permission and the Method Statement all ready.
We have had very positive feedback from the planning office on the Method Statement, which was submitted in response to a Condition imposed on both our original PP submission and the Listed Building Consent Application.
"The World Heritage Site Office is of the opinion that the applicants are to be commended for both the level of detail as has been provided and the their efforts in securing the headframe from Wheal Concord as well as the attention to detail in conceiving a project which will secure this notable aspect of Cornwall's metalliferous mining heritage for the future and it is welcome to know that as much of the original fabric of the headframe will be retained for reuse as is possible and that much of it does indeed survive in relatively good condition. "
In 2025 work is continuing on restoring the historic wooden headframe which will be erected above the shaft. A great team of volunteers spent many Sunday mornings at King Edward Mine installing timbering to Engine Shaft. Concrete foundations have been installed at the shaft.
We have made great progress restoring the historic headframe; the two side sections are now complete and space has been carved out in the shed to restore the remaining pieces. The completed headframe should be installed above Engine Shaft autumn 2025/winter 2026 (depending on the weather over the summer 2025). Together, these developments will help us demonstrate the relationship between mining underground, the winding mechanism and processing with the mill.
Are you looking for somewhere to hold an event?
King Edward Mine is keen to see the site being used by local community groups such as archery clubs, dog training groups, running clubs, conservation groups, craft teams, camera groups, cycle clubs, choirs, brass bands. Our site covers some 8.9 hectares, (22 acres). We have a large car park, toilets, a café on site, a large grass field, a lecture room with projector and internet, and can offer group trips around the museum. As the Great Flat Lode crosses through our land, KEM is an ideal hub for user groups. Please feel free to make contact on info@kingedwardmine.co.uk
What our Visitors Say About Us
"The children really loved the exhibition (and the winding engine), great for any Minecraft enthusiasts. Enough buttons to keep the new generation involved and sufficient big lumps of machinery, history and working demonstrations to keep all happy. P.S. Eucalyptus oil - who knew - a new favourite fact!"
"Even if mining isn't your thing (our party of 5 consisted of both keen geologists and the unkeen!) the volunteer guides at King Edward were both knowledgeable and entertaining. They really know their stuff and there's working machinery that really brings the history to life.
"Excellent, even the dog found it interesting when machinery was switched on my our wonderful guide. Very interesting information, my friend and I enjoyed very much.”
