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Cornwall, the western tip of southern England, located between the Atlantic and the English Channel, has a new tourist attraction since March 2025: Kerdroya is a stone labyrinth in Bodmin Moor, through which visitors can stroll and enjoy magnificent views of nearby Colliford Lake or the vast landscape. Its form is inspired by 4,000-year-old pagan patterns, and so some visitors will also take the opportunity to “reflect, reconnect, and celebrate Cornwall’s landscape and spirit,“ as filmmaker, author, and musician Will Coleman puts it. He designed the labyrinth. He caused a stir in 2016 with his eleven m high, movable iron figure “The Man Engine,“ depicting a miner from the county.
The labyrinth has a diameter of 56 m, and the path from the entrance to the center is approximately 750 m. A labyrinth is not to be confused with a maze, where finding your way shall be difficult.
Approximately 140,000 granite stones from the area have been used to build the labyrinth’s walls. For a distance of approximately 335 m, there are currently only the foundations, upon which walls are to be built.
At this point, we must correct ourselves, because the term “walls“ in this context is actually as incorrect as it gets. The complex consists of “Cornish hedges,“ which are a cross between dry-stone walls and earthworks: large boulders are dug into the earth as a foundation, on which the hedge is built from two rows of smaller, evenly hewn stones.
Earth is inserted between the two rows; on top of this, there is usually a grassy area, and sometimes the sides are also overgrown with grass.
In old hedges, one can essentially see waves of meadowland rising from the flat landscape. Cornwall has around 48,000 km of these endless green lines. In the wet climate of the kingdom, they are virtually indefinitely durable and provide important habitats for ornamental animals and plants.
Construction work for Kerdroya began in May 2023 on behalf of the state conservation organization Cornwall National Landscape (then the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which was celebrating its 60th anniversary at the time). The initiator and organizer was Golden Tree Productions, which aims to publicize Cornish culture.
Funding came from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Cornwall Council, and Arts Council England. The names of the sponsors and their mottos can be found on plaques on the walls.
At the center of the complex, a plan of the labyrinth is displayed on a horizontal granite surface. Some people find a contemplative space here. The 10-meter-diameter centerpiece was designed by metal artists Thomas and Gary Thrussell.
Sponsors are still welcome. Parking fees provide a source of income. Admission is free and open year-round.
The complex also aims to keep Cornish hedges’ expertise alive. To this end, the organizers have collaborated with the Guild of Cornish Hedgers and the Cornwall Rural Education and Skills Trust (CREST). One milestone was the establishment of the “Outdoor University of Cornish Hedging.“
Kerdroya: Golden Tree Productions
Photos: Golden Tree Productions
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