It's worth checking if visits to this clifftop site have resumed after being suspended in 2020. Levant is one of the world's only working beam engines. Built in 1840, these great machines were the driving forces behind the Cornish mining boom, powering mineral trains, running lifts down into mine shafts and pumping water from underground tunnels. Closed in 1930, it's since been lovingly restored by a team of enthusiasts, and is a sight to behold when it's in full steam.
Levant was also the site of one of Cornwall's worst mining disasters: in 1919 a link between the rod and engine broke, sending 31 men to their deaths. More recently it was also used as a location in the BBC's recent Poldark adaptation.
