The penultimate instalment of our series of public beacon lightings to celebrate our charity’s 40th anniversary.

Location: Treffry Viaduct, St Austell, PL26 8YE – What3Words: ///routs.overhaul.indicate

Parking: Black Hill Car Park, Luxulyan, St Austell, PL26 8YE – What3Words: ///coverings.shots.sticks

Our specially commissioned mini-brazier will be lit by the Friends of Luxulyan Valley at 4.30pm.

You don’t need to be members and there’s no need to book. Just come along and enjoy!

About the site

Treffry Viaduct was built between 1839 and 1842 to carry both trucks and water across the Luxulyan Valley for local mining entrepreneur Joseph Thomas Treffry. The first large civil engineering structure of its kind to be built in Cornwall and the only known viaduct in Britain to combine these two uses, it is part of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site as designated by UNESCO. It was purchased by our charity in 1988.

This event is in aid of Cornwall Heritage Trust – the small, independent charity protecting Cornwall’s heritage for everyone.