Weds 27th February 7.00pm at Well St Chapel – Talk by local historian Barry West will be finishing his talk on Charles Dickens in Cornwall, and talk about his new book on Charles Fox and the Quakers in Cornwall. £5 entry at door.
Festival 2025 May 3rd & 4th at Newhouse Farm
The Barry West talk on 27th Feb 7pm at Well St Chapel will still take place, Barry will be finishing his talk on Charles Dickens in Cornwall, and talk about his …
ISOT is hosting an amusing illustrated talk by Dave Quoroll, well know locally as the Green Man at our Wassailing event in January and leading light in Tywardreath Morris, on …
Come and listen to a history of a little-known parish of Cornwall, from prehistory to the present. Raffle, Refreshments
An Exhibition in St Andrew’s Church for the 380th Anniversary of the Battle of Lostwithiel – English Civil War 30th Aug to 1st September
ISOT is hosting a family fun Bingo on Saturday 18th at 6.30pm at Tywardreath village hall, £5 for adult and £2.50 for children under 16, for 6 games and a flyer. …
Tiwardrai Fest – Newhouse Farm 2024
A selection of photographs taken by Phil Ouless at this 2-day event which took place on 25th, 26th May 2024.
1. Tywardreath Bay Tidal Reaches through Time by Chris Michel
(Link to Slide images here)
2. A Day in the Life of a Tudor Woman by Jenny Moore
3. Living in a Grade 2 Listed House by Deborah Hazeldean
4. Struggles and Strife of a Miner’s Wife by Helen Luther
To stroll though the history of Tywardreath and see some of sites the village has to offer, start at St Andrew’s Church where Tehidy Road meets Church Street and walk towards The New Inn.
Bear left into Fore Street and up the slope to Mount Bennett Road which becomes Castledore Road and takes you out of the village.
Keep going for around twenty minutes and you’ll reach the entrance to Trenython Manor built in the 19th century by Garibaldi for Colonel Peard, a vital member of his revolutionary army in Italy. Today it’s a hotel popular for weddings and is well worth a visit.
Afterwards keep going up the hill to where Castledore Road meets the B2369 and turn left. In a few minutes you’ll reach the site of an iron age fort thought to be the one-time home of Cornwall’s King Mark who features in the legend of Tristan and Iseult. It was also where the Parliamentary Army surrendered during the English Civil War.
The mines that made up Fowey Consols were spread over a wide area and there isn’t much to see these days as they’re in fields and the views are largely concealed by hedgerows. Finding your way there from Castledore can be quite challenging. Don’t blame us if you get lost!
