Walkham United


Copper Mine
Worked from 1821

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot

Jan 26th, 2026 by aricooperdavis



Openworks Walkham United 1984
Devon
Tavistock
50.5177307, -4.131032
SX 4902 7083
Open Access
82m
#10,951


Walkham and Poldice Mine which produced Lead, Copper and Tin - circa 1860s. Became Walkham United in early 1880s.

Includes shafts and a bricked up adit (now reopened).



Publications (3)

  • Collins, J.H. (1912); Observations of the West of England Mining Region; 753 pages
  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol2, The; 335 pages
  • Richardson, P.G.; NMRS (1992); British Mining 44 - Mines of Dartmoor & the Tamar Valley after 1913; ISBN 0901450 38 3; pp.139.


Openworks Walkham United 1984



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