1. The Trail

Starting outside Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, look across the lawns to the large white building on the other side of the road. Now houses and flats, this was the original telegraph station building, built in 1870 and looking much the same as it did then. (You can see pictures of it in the museum). The tennis courts also date back to the late 19th century. To the right, on this side of the road, is Mercury House, now holiday flats but originally the rather grand residence of the Superintendent of the Telegraph station, built in the late 19th century.

Take the lane uphill from the museum, past the new houses on your right and cross the main valley road to the bottom of the track which runs up behind the Porthcurno Hotel.

The Porthcurno Hotel was originally built in 1936 by a member of staff at the Telegraph Station. During the Second World War it was taken over as a billet for visiting members of the military and after the war it became a hall of residence for the Cable & Wireless Engineering College. It returned to its original use as a hotel in the 1990s.


Previous \|	Next

Home | Site Map