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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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| Do you have family connections with Polperro? You might have! Check out your family name on the Polperro Family History Society's pages - click here |
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| You can help protect Polperro's Natural Beauty: The Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is holding its first Annual Forum on Saturday 17 March 2012 from 10:00am until 3:00pm at Penwith College, Penzance. The AONB administration hopes to involve as many members of the local comunity as possible. The Forum is free and open to all to attend. More on their website - click here |
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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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21st
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) |
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our Events diary so you know what's on! Thanks to the endeavours of Graham Pollok there is now a new Events Diary for Polperro - click here The Events diary is a .pdf file for ease of printing out. If you don't already have a PDF reader on your computer download Adobe Acrobat Reader now - it's free 
Are you organising an event? Let Graham know - click here - or tel: 01503 272 533 |
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| Polperro's
Fireworks - better than ever in 2011! "This year's fireworks were the best that we have had for a few years, fantastic evening weather wise and very well attended, I should think about 2000 people, who were very generous. It was the best "bucket rattle" in years, about twice last year's! So far they have about two thirds of the funding for next year. The first year that Chris Sargent was the head firer, so he's well chuffed." Tony White, Lord Mayor of Polperro (so it's got to be true!) (10 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. |
The
Perils of Sat-Nav in a Cornish Village - The sturdy citizens
of Polperro are  becoming
well accustomed to witnessing the kami-kase antics of drivers of  everything
from private cars, delivery vans & lorries, JCBs and even miltary
vehicles as they set out to prove that what their sat-nav systems
are telling them is true and that the narrow and precipitous lanes
and alleys of Polperro are some sort of virtual reality fantasy. The
problem is, of course, that Polperro is real world and sat-nav is
fantasy. The owners of body repair shops and clutch replacement services
can almost be seen licking their lips in anticipation of the next
lucrative job.... But seriously, it is foolhardy to ignore the road
signs - narrow in Polperro means NARROW (like less wide than
your vehicle) and steep means STEEP (like steeper than your
engine/clutch/gearbox can endure) - so switch off the sat-nav, read
the road signs and ask the locals!Most of Polperro village is subject to a seasonal traffic prohibition regulation - there is a reason for this - Polperro's streets are mostly narrow (and they tend to get narrower the further you go!) and some are also very steep and there is virtually nowhere to park or manoeuvre or even turn round in the village (but there is a large car park as you approach the village and minibus and horse-bus services to take you down to the heart of the village if you can't manage a 500m walk. Click on images to see larger versions. Report & photos courtesy of Tony White Visit our Jammed page which documents just some of the many who have come a cropper putting blind faith in sat-nav instead of learning how to read road signs and interpret ordnance survey maps - and those who managed to get stuck even without sat-nav to help them. |
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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 -