The Newlyn Environment Group has achieved an important step in its efforts to preserve and enhance the attractive character of Newlyn.

Funding amounting to more than £23,000 has been granted by the Local Heritage Initiative to research, restore and celebrate six sites in Newlyn relating to the historic water supply from the medieval era to the 1920’s.

The project will invite local craftspeople to help restore the sites, which will be recorded visually and orally. Local schoolchildren are being invited to join in developing an information gathering study. As they are repaired, the sites will be added to the already existing Newlyn Trail and accompanying guide. A relevant logo will be needed and suggestions are invited from the general public.

The group would welcome any volunteers who would like to contribute to uncovering this slice of Newlyn history. It is hoped to reveal old shutes, pumps, standpipes and wells which in their time provided the main water supply to the fishing community’s homes and industries. Once all the sites are restored in approximately a year’s time, there will be a launch of the new guide and a public celebration.

Contact

Oliver Cranfield (Penwith District Council) on: 01736 336899 

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