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Borthpyra - gemm Kernewek! Welcome to Polperro Narrow, winding streets and alleys, cottages perched on steep slopes overlooking a tiny harbour - Polperro is everyone's idea of a picturesque Cornish fishing village - visit and you may want to stay - for ever |
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homecare service launched in village The Restgarth Care home has launched a new homecare service called Pine Lodge Home Care. A full range of care in the home services are being offered, including meals on wheels and "re-ablement care" which enables people to recover from illness or a hospital stay whilst preserving the skills needed for independent living - more |
The future of a key community resource is at risk -
you can help to save Polperro's British Legion Club
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| Polperro Arts Foundation is the
gallery and studio for the local artists and craftspeople of Polperro
and the surrounding area. The studio-gallery is a beautiful large
space overlooking Polperro's historic harbour and the fish quay. Founded
ten years ago it is continuing Polperro's long association with the
arts and crafts and has existed as a studio-gallery for nearly 50
yrs. It has a broad membership of artists, photographers and craftspeople
supported by many friends and sponsors including the Lottery Fund.
Visit their website - click here www.polperro.org 27 June 2011 |
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next Polperro Arts Festival will be in 2012 on 16th - 24th
June. More information about the festival and about Polperro's christmas
lights and fireworks can be found on the Polperrofest
website |
 Polperro
Environmental Group (PEG) is a collective and creative
group moving towards a low-energy, resilient and self-sustaining community
using local skills, knowledge, wisdom and alternative technologies.
The group supports the Transition Movement in the UK and is working
towards becoming a Transition Village in the future. Visit the PEG website |
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really does matter in PolperroResidents and businesses in Polperro, fed up with their properties being damaged by vans and large vehicles trying to navigate the narrow lanes have issued some friendly advice to delivery vehicle drivers. Cllr Edwina Hannaford, Cornwall Councillor for West Looe and Lansallos, was approached by local people to see if she could help overcome the problem. Edwina said, “Although residents of Polperro are still keen to welcome deliveries to their homes and businesses, they would be very grateful if larger vehicles could use the off loading area next to the bus stop. This area has been specially set-aside for this purpose. I was very pleased to design an information flyer and arrange for an additional ‘Unsuitable for HGV’s’ sign to be erected at the entrance to the village.” Owner of Fore Street Brasserie Sioux Legg said, “Some drivers wouldn’t listen to reason that their vehicle would just not fit through the narrow lanes of Polperro, and some were even quite aggressive. Thanks to Cllr Hannaford producing a new information leaflet and signage, we hope our properties can be spared additional damage.” Polperro resident Mrs Phyllis Cole owner of Lily Cottage in Fore Street said, “The side of my house has been scraped and bashed several times this year already. Although the perpetrators have paid for the damage, it is very annoying and of course the companies must be getting fed up with all the damage to their delivery vehicles.” Cllr Hannaford has also contacted all the supermarket home delivery companies to highlight the issue: “Many drivers don’t realise just how narrow the roads are past the off-loading area and many vehicles get wedged or damaged. One van was stuck for 14 hrs, another burnt out his clutch and all had to be towed out by a tractor. The streets of Polperro were designed for horse and carts not cars and lorries and sat navs don’t always say how narrow the streets are!” In the summer only vehicles delivering or needing access to properties are allowed into the village because of the very narrow streets and sharp bends - the result is a largely traffic free environment much enjoyed by the thousands who visit - and park at the large car park at the entrance to the village. Edwina's campaign involves distributing a new flyer to supermarket companies and delivery firms to give to their drivers and urges them to use the special off-loading area by the bus stop in the village centre and not to attempt to reach their delivery address in their van or lorry. Copies of the new flyer will also be available to residents to give to delivery drivers - click here to see the new flyer. www.polperro.org - news - 9 May 2012 Visit our jammed page to see and learn more |
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Century Engineers live up to Isambard Kingdom Brunel's example October saw the arrival of an "oil rig" type floating platform with legs which had come to collect a large crane and other construction equipment which had been used in the construction of Polperro's new sewage treatment works costing more than £5m which has been built at the base of the cliffs overlooking the entrance to Polperro's harbour. The project has taken more than a year and has involved the use of state of the art techniques and technology which would have astonished and delighted the great Victorian engineers such as Brunel. The construction of the trench for the 330m sewage outfall was performed by equipment operating under water from a work vessel controlled by a GPS system which regulated multiple water jets to ensure the vessel remained perfectly still in the absolutely correct position despite winds and tides. Every item of materiel had to be brought into the construction site by sea from Par docks (near St. Austell) and the "oil rig" vessel itself came from Falmouth and will be on its way to Australia by Christmas after completion of its task at Polperro. The upshot of this is a state of the art sewage treatment system for Polperro despite formidable problems because of the local topography and sensitive care for the visual environment which is likely to mean that few people will even notice that this amazing feat of engineering is there - the only clue to its existence is a personnel lift to allow maintenance engineers to reach the works from the coastal path in the Warren. More information on this project on South West Water's website - click here (www.polperro.org - 8 November 2011) |
Get yourself a copy of the excellent RNLI leaflet Your Guide to Beach Safety if you are going swimming, surfing, or even just paddling, playing, rock-pooling or walking on the beach. You can get a copy at Polperro Post Office, or from RNLI lifeboat stations, telephone 0800 328 0600 or visit the RNLI website |
What's
to do at (and from) Polperro? 1. Explore Polperro - narrow winding streets & lanes with great views of the picturesque harbour and village at every turn - bring lots of spare film or memory cards. 2. Browse the eclectic mixture of quirky and fascinating shops. 3. Enjoy the selection of great pubs, cafes and restaurants. 4. Visit Polperro's unique Heritage museum of fishing and smuggling and learn about Polperro's colourful past*. 5. And, when you've done all that, there are wonderful coastal walks on the South West Coastal Path - east to Talland Bay and Looe, west to Lansallos, Lantic Bay and Polruan. 6. There are boat trips and 7. shark fishing. 8. Cornwall's biggest tourist attraction -The Eden Project - is an easy 30 mins drive (open all year). 9. Three National Trust houses are within easy reach - Lanhydrock, Antony House and Cotehele (Cotehele is open in December for viewings of its famous Christmas Garlands). 10. There are superb Cornish gardens to visit including Headland at nearby Polruan. 11. Visit Looe - Polperro's bigger neighbour and 11. Take a boat trip to Looe Island. 12. Polruan & Fowey - take the Bodinnick car ferry or Polruan foot ferry and enjoy this historic town and its beautiful river estuary. 13. Liskeard - a bustling market town with some notable victorian architecture and an interesting museum - 14. go there by train on the Looe Valley line from Looe for the best views. There's 101 things to do at and from Polperro - we've not enough space on this page to list the remaining 87 - but we're working on a new page that will! *The Polperro Heritage Museum is open daily (including Sundays) between 11am and 5pm from March until October. |
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Behind
its typically charming facade "Stonehaven"
is a real tardis of a house, spacious and full of character.
Mainly mid 18th century, this Grade II listed freehold property
has spacious accommodation spread over three levels. The lower
floor used to be a shop and the main accommodation includes
3 double bedrooms but with a little creativity on the lower
floor this could very easily add another 2 double bedrooms making
Stonehaven a truly versatile home - there is even a sunny patio
garden with views of the sea and village. Stonehaven could be
your haven as it is now for sale - 
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news: Swan savaged by visitor's dog On Easter Saturday the RSPCA had to be called to attend to a swan which had been sitting on its eggs and which was savaged by a bull-terrier type dog in Polperro harbour at low tide. Unfortunately, due to the severity of its injuries the swan had to be put down. The dog owner quickly left the scene after the attack and has not been identified. More www.polperro.org - news - 13 April 2012 |
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local Titanic connection With the centenary of the Titanic's sinking in the news just now it seems local connections to the great ship and the tragedy of its sinking and great loss of life are everywhere being rediscovered. Whilst Southampton is the city which can claim to have the strongest connection to the crew of the Titanic, even tiny Polperro had one of its number in the great ship's crew - Charles H. Pascoe from Great Green,Talland was an Able Seaman on the Titanic and one of the lucky ones to be saved. www.polperro.org - news - 13 April 2012 |
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Cottage topples Fortunately nobody was injured when at 07:30 yesterday the roof came off Topple Cottage, a holiday cottage at the bottom of Landaviddy Lane. Luckily it was early and no one was about - if it had happened later on someone could have been severely injured. The road was closed for about 4 hours whilst the rubble was removed and the roof made safe. Years ago the cottage was an antiquarian book shop but when owner Donald Adamson retired it was converted back to being a cottage. www.polperro.org - news - 13 April 2012 |
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car park charges encourage longer stays The privately owned main car park for Polperro now has new charges - stays up to 3 hours now cost £4 and all day stays £5.20. Most holiday makers spend at least 3 hours visiting the village and many spend longer, especially if they have a meal. A positive result could be that visitors who might previously have left the village before they really wanted to just because they had paid for only an hour or two's parking and feared wheel-clamping if they overstayed, will now be able to relax knowing they can stay at least 4 hours, or all day if they have paid the higher option. There is concern that people wanting only to pop to one of the shops (and these are often relatively local people) will not do so now they have to pay £4 for even a half hour or hour's parking. As a result of Cornwall Council having to make big savings, council car park charges across Cornwall have gone up substantially, but most council owned car parks have a graduated scale of charges. Some motorists have been seen to turn away from the main car park but the issue of car park prices is not as simple as it first appears - more - including our editor's comments & your views. www.polperro.org - news - 4 & 11 April 2012 |
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