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Steve and I drive to Polperro, Cornwall to explore the old historic fishing village. We take a boat ride along the coast before headed to Fowey and Henry VIII fortress, St. Catherine's Castle.
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Discovery - St Catherine's Castle Fowey (HD)
Discovery - St Catherine's Castle Fowey (HD)
St Catherine's Castle - A small fort commissioned by Henry VIII and built in the 1530's to help defend Fowey harbour. It is accessible on foot from Readymoney Cove and at present entry is free.
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Walk around the Cliff-tops to St Catherine's Castle in Fowey Cornwall
The Virtual Tourist walks around the Cliff-tops to St Catherine's Castle in Fowey Cornwall
Walk around St Catherine's Castle in Fowey Cornwall
The Virtual Tourist walks around St Catherine's Castle in Fowey Cornwall
Walk from Readymoney Beach to St Catherine's Castle in Fowey Cornwall
The Virtual Tourist walks from Readymoney Beach to St Catherine's Castle in Fowey Cornwall
Walk to Readymoney Beach along St Catherine's Parade in Fowey Cornwall 1
The Virtual Tourist walks to Readymoney Beach along St Catherines Parade in Fowey Cornwall
Walk from Readymoney Beach to St Catherine's Castle in Fowey Cornwall in the Rain
The Virtual Tourist walks from Readymoney Beach to St Catherine's Castle in Fowey Cornwall in the Rain
Places to see in ( Fowey - UK )
Places to see in ( Fowey - UK )
Fowey is a small town, civil parish and cargo port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England. Fowey has been in existence since before 1300; the estuary of the River Fowey forms a natural harbour which enabled the town to become an important trading centre. Privateers also made use of the sheltered harbourage. The Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway brought China clay here for export.
Fowey is a small town, civil parish and cargo port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England. Fowey is at the entrance to a large flooded valley created after the last ice age by the melt waters that caused the sea level to rise dramatically, creating a large natural harbour which is navigable for its last seven miles.
Fowey is in the South Coast (Eastern Section) of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There are many historic buildings in the town, including the ruins of St Catherine's Castle, while Readymoney Cove possesses a local beach.
The church is dedicated to Saint Finbarr and is listed Grade I. It was built in the early 14th century and rededicated in 1336, replacing a previous Norman church. Fowey has thrived as a port for hundreds of years, initially as a trading and naval town, then as the centre for china clay exports. Today Fowey is busy with trawlers and yachts. Tourism is also an important source of income
Although Fowey railway station closed to passengers in 1965, the Lostwithiel to Fowey branch line remains open for goods traffic, carrying bulk china clay to the jetties at Carne Point. The surrounding coastline of Fowey is popular with fishermen and spear-fishermen. Many sea creatures can be seen all around the Cornish shoreline, including mullet, bass, mackerel, lobsters and cuttlefish. Many of the species can be seen in the Fowey Aquarium in the heart of the town, which includes a very rare Albino Bull Huss.
( Fowey - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Fowey . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Fowey - UK
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St Catherine's Castle 500 Years Old - Henry VIII
Today we explored an ancient castle. Henry wasn't in so we went for a wander around. Nothing magic happened but I figured it was a cool explore to share with you guys.
Next time we are exploring a Napoleonic Fort!
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Places to see in ( Fowey - UK )
Places to see in ( Fowey - UK )
Fowey is a small town, civil parish and cargo port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England. Fowey has been in existence since before 1300; the estuary of the River Fowey forms a natural harbour which enabled the town to become an important trading centre. Privateers also made use of the sheltered harbourage. The Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway brought China clay here for export.
Fowey is a small town, civil parish and cargo port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England. Fowey is at the entrance to a large flooded valley created after the last ice age by the melt waters that caused the sea level to rise dramatically, creating a large natural harbour which is navigable for its last seven miles.
Fowey is in the South Coast (Eastern Section) of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There are many historic buildings in the town, including the ruins of St Catherine's Castle, while Readymoney Cove possesses a local beach.
The church is dedicated to Saint Finbarr and is listed Grade I. It was built in the early 14th century and rededicated in 1336, replacing a previous Norman church. Fowey has thrived as a port for hundreds of years, initially as a trading and naval town, then as the centre for china clay exports. Today Fowey is busy with trawlers and yachts. Tourism is also an important source of income
Although Fowey railway station closed to passengers in 1965, the Lostwithiel to Fowey branch line remains open for goods traffic, carrying bulk china clay to the jetties at Carne Point. The surrounding coastline of Fowey is popular with fishermen and spear-fishermen. Many sea creatures can be seen all around the Cornish shoreline, including mullet, bass, mackerel, lobsters and cuttlefish. Many of the species can be seen in the Fowey Aquarium in the heart of the town, which includes a very rare Albino Bull Huss.
( Fowey - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Fowey . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Fowey - UK
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Fowey Gribbin Head Polkerris Coastal Walk Scenery, Cornwall Walks, Tour England Walking Holidays UK
Fowey Gribbin Head Polkerris Coastal Walk Scenery, Cornwall Walks, Tour England Walking Holidays UK
Enjoy some great Fowey, Gribbin Head and Polkerris Coastal Walk scenery with relaxing music to see if you fancy Cornwall Walks whilst on tour England Walking Holidays UK. Along the walk you visit: Coombe Farm and Covington Wood; St Catherine’s Castle at St Catherine’s Point; the South West Coast Path; Coombe Haven, Southground Cliffs, Lankelly Cliffs and Southground Point; Polridmouth, Polridmouth Cove, Gribbin Head and Gribbin Tower; Polkerris and Saints’ Way. Scenery includes: lovely coastal scenery with coves, rocky cliffs, and and shingle beaches; St Catherine’s Castle ruins located at the tip of the rocky headland known as St Catherine’s Point at the entrance to the River Fowey estuary; an ornamental lake behind Polridmouth Cove that was used as a decoy for Fowey harbour during the second world war; a red and white daymark tower on Gribbin Head that used to aid navigation of ships approaching the local harbours; Polkerris, an idyllic sandy Cornish cove, with a curved harbour wall; pleasant green fields, pastures and crop fields. You also see boats anchored in Fowey harbour.
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Places to see in ( Fowey - UK )
Places to see in ( Fowey - UK )
Fowey is a small town, civil parish and cargo port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England. Fowey has been in existence since before 1300; the estuary of the River Fowey forms a natural harbour which enabled the town to become an important trading centre. Privateers also made use of the sheltered harbourage. The Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway brought China clay here for export.
Fowey is a small town, civil parish and cargo port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England. Fowey is at the entrance to a large flooded valley created after the last ice age by the melt waters that caused the sea level to rise dramatically, creating a large natural harbour which is navigable for its last seven miles.
Fowey is in the South Coast (Eastern Section) of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There are many historic buildings in the town, including the ruins of St Catherine's Castle, while Readymoney Cove possesses a local beach.
The church is dedicated to Saint Finbarr and is listed Grade I. It was built in the early 14th century and rededicated in 1336, replacing a previous Norman church. Fowey has thrived as a port for hundreds of years, initially as a trading and naval town, then as the centre for china clay exports. Today Fowey is busy with trawlers and yachts. Tourism is also an important source of income
Although Fowey railway station closed to passengers in 1965, the Lostwithiel to Fowey branch line remains open for goods traffic, carrying bulk china clay to the jetties at Carne Point. The surrounding coastline of Fowey is popular with fishermen and spear-fishermen. Many sea creatures can be seen all around the Cornish shoreline, including mullet, bass, mackerel, lobsters and cuttlefish. Many of the species can be seen in the Fowey Aquarium in the heart of the town, which includes a very rare Albino Bull Huss.
( Fowey - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Fowey . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Fowey - UK
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Highlights of Beautiful Cornwall Coast Path Walk UK Made by Huggie2love
Highlights of My journey along the South West Coast Path in Beautiful Cornwall UK I have use this Beautiful song Carrickfergus a Beautiful Irish folk song on this new Video. Hope you like and enjoy this new video My Featuring pictures & videos are of Newquay to St Ives River Helford Falmouth St Mawes Porthleven, Mevagissey Charlestown, Fowey Polrun Polperro I’ve started the walk from Sandbanks Poole Dorset South West Coast Path, 630 miles of stunning scenery. I Walk through Dorset Devon and Cornwell on to finish at Somerset’s Minehead. The Walk of a Lifetime I’ve been through beautiful picturesque Harbours and Villages and stunning scenery all along the Coastal Path.
Just outside the market town of St Austell is Charlestown, a beautifully preserved Georgian port. The port was begun in 1791 by Charles Rashleigh, an entrepreneur who wanted to take advantage of a booming mining industry in south Cornwall.
Fowey is a bustling small port which still has a busy commercial life in addition to providing attractive moorings for leisure boats. Its harbour is flanked by fourteenth century blockhouses, one in Fowey and one on the opposite side of the river in Polruan St Catherine's Point is on the Fowey side of the harbour entrance. In medieval times St Catherine's chapel stood on the cliff top, displaying a light and functioning as a lighthouse. The fort below, St Catherine’s Castle was built in the reign of Henry VIII to defend the harbour entrance.
Polruan is an ancient fishing village just across the water from the better-known Fowey Built on a very steep hill, Polruan is bounded on three sides by water; Pont Creek to the north, the River Fowey to the west and the English Channel
There are frequent ferries to Polruan, an interesting village with cottages clinging to the hillside. It is worth crossing to see the panoramic views from the top of the hill.
The South West Coast Path National Trail is rated as one of the top walks to be found anywhere in the world Where else can you walk along 630 miles of such superb coastline? The heritage, wildlife, geology and scenery along the way are truly inspirational and every day walking it brings stunning new experiences. To embark on the challenge of hiking the entire route from Somerset's Minehead on the edge of Exmoor around to the shores of Poole Harbour in Dorset, “Have a lovely evening and Beautiful Wednesday much ԼƠƔЄ (((Hugs))) from Huggie xoxo
Portgiskey HD
Short study of Portgiskey Beach (near Mevagissey) Cornwall UK
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Readymoney Cove
View of the beach near Fowey. Originally used by Pirates...
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Fowey (HD)
Take a peep into the picturesque village of Fowey in Cornwall and walk around Gribbin Head
Places to see in ( Fowey - UK )
Places to see in ( Fowey - UK )
Fowey is a small town, civil parish and cargo port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England. Fowey has been in existence since before 1300; the estuary of the River Fowey forms a natural harbour which enabled the town to become an important trading centre. Privateers also made use of the sheltered harbourage. The Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway brought China clay here for export.
Fowey is a small town, civil parish and cargo port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England. Fowey is at the entrance to a large flooded valley created after the last ice age by the melt waters that caused the sea level to rise dramatically, creating a large natural harbour which is navigable for its last seven miles.
Fowey is in the South Coast (Eastern Section) of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There are many historic buildings in the town, including the ruins of St Catherine's Castle, while Readymoney Cove possesses a local beach.
The church is dedicated to Saint Finbarr and is listed Grade I. It was built in the early 14th century and rededicated in 1336, replacing a previous Norman church. Fowey has thrived as a port for hundreds of years, initially as a trading and naval town, then as the centre for china clay exports. Today Fowey is busy with trawlers and yachts. Tourism is also an important source of income
Although Fowey railway station closed to passengers in 1965, the Lostwithiel to Fowey branch line remains open for goods traffic, carrying bulk china clay to the jetties at Carne Point. The surrounding coastline of Fowey is popular with fishermen and spear-fishermen. Many sea creatures can be seen all around the Cornish shoreline, including mullet, bass, mackerel, lobsters and cuttlefish. Many of the species can be seen in the Fowey Aquarium in the heart of the town, which includes a very rare Albino Bull Huss.
( Fowey - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Fowey . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Fowey - UK
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Discovery - Fowey (HD)
Discovery - Fowey (HD
Video includes:-
· View of Fowey River and Boddinick from Caffa Mill car park
· Daphne Du Maurier's former home 'Ferryside' -- on opposite bank
· Bodinnick Ferry -- ferry crossing in existance for over 700 years
· Obelisk commemerating both Queen Elizabeth II visit and Queen Victoria's
· Passage Street, showing 'Captain's Row' of terraced houses dating from 1816
· View back of Fowey Harbour and china clay jetties
· Lifeboat (Harbour Commisioners Wharf) and view down river towards Polruan
· Wesleyan Chapel on North Street, built in 1892, site of old Malt house; steps to
Bull Hill
· River Fowey Gallery
· Albert Quay named after the landing here of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in
1846
· Noah's Ark, 16C or earlier, noted as 'the most interesting house in Fowey', origin of name unknown
· The Globe, Fore Street -- former post house and one time inn, history of land usage
dates back to 1598
· Lugger Inn -- commemerative plaster in house dates it to at least 1633
· Church of St Fimbarrus, 15C, South Street
· King of Prussia hotel with undercroft where the butter market used to be held
· Entrance to Town Quay -- the nucleus around which Fowey developed
· Looking back, up river at the buildings that face the waterfront
· View of Polruan and out to sea
· The Ship Inn, one time home of the Rashleigh family, inscription above fire places
dates it to at least 1570
· Medieval town hall/museum in Trafalgar Square
· Toll Bar - site of former south gate
· View along Lostwithiel Street
· Quiet gardens on the Esplanade,
· View from garden of river and Polruan
· 'The Haven', former home of Q -- Sir Arthur Quiller Couch
· Punches Cross
· Harbour Terrace (formerly Ropewalk Terrace) showing number 72, built in 1806 on
the site of a quarry and where the ropemakers lived for several generations
· St Catherine's Castle
· Point Neptune House and gates, build by William Rashleigh of Menabilly in the
1800's
· Readymoney Cove.
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Launceston Castle, Cornwall.
Launceston Castle is located in the town of Launceston, Cornwall, England. It was probably built by Robert the Count of Mortain after 1068, and initially comprised an earthwork and timber castle with a large motte in one corner. Launceston Castle formed the administrative centre of the new earldom of Cornwall, with a large community packed within the walls of its bailey. It was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century and then substantially redeveloped by Richard of Cornwall after 1227, including a high tower to enable visitors to view his surrounding lands. When Richard's son, Edmund, inherited the castle, he moved the earldom's administration to Lostwithiel, triggering the castle's decline. By 1337, the castle was increasingly ruinous and used primarily as a gaol and to host judicial assizes.
The castle was captured by the rebels during the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549, and was garrisoned by the Royalists during the English Civil War in the 17th century. Towards the end of the civil war it was stripped for its building materials and rendered largely uninhabitable. A small gaol was erected in the centre of the bailey, which was also used for executions. The castle eventually became the county gaol for Cornwall, but was heavily criticised for its poor facilities and treatment of inmates. By 1842, the remaining prisoners had been moved to Bodmin Gaol and the site was closed, the castle being landscaped to form a park by the Duke of Northumberland. During the Second World War, the site was used to host United States Army soldiers and, later, by the Air Ministry for offices. The ministry left the castle in 1956 and the site was reopened to visitors.
In the 21st century, Launceston is owned by the duchy of Cornwall and operated by English Heritage as a tourist attraction. Much of the castle defences remain, including the motte, keep and high tower which overlook the castle's former deer park to the south. The gatehouses and some of the curtain wall have survived, and archaeologists have uncovered the foundations of various buildings in the bailey, including the great hall.
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old fowey harbour
The Domesday Book survey at the end of the eleventh century records manors at Penventinue and Trenant, and a priory was soon established nearby at Tywardreath. Circa 1300 the prior granted a charter to people living in Fowey itself. This medieval town ran from a north gate near Boddinick Passage to a south gate at what is now Lostwithiel Street; the town extended a little way up the hillside and was bounded on the other side by the river where merchants had their houses backing onto the waterfront. The natural harbour allowed trade to develop with Europe and local ship owners often hired their vessels to the king to support various wars, although the town also developed a reputation for piracy, as did many others at this time. In the fourteenth century the harbour was defended by 160 archers; after these were withdrawn, two blockhouses were built on either side of the harbour entrance. Despite these defences the town was attacked by French forces in 1457. A small castle was built on St Catherine's Point, the western side of the harbour entrance, around 1540. The defences proved their worth when a Dutch attack was beaten off in 1667.[3]
The people of Fowey generally sided with the Royalists during the English Civil War, but in 1644 the Earl of Essex brought a Parliamentarian army to Lostwithiel and occupied the peninsula around Fowey. In August a Royalist army surrounded Essex's troops and King Charles I himself viewed Fowey from Hall Walk above Polruan, where he came close to being killed by a musket shot. On 31 August the Parliamentarian cavalry forced their way through the Royalist lines and retreated towards Saltash, leaving the foot soldiers to be evacuated by sea from Fowey. Essex and some officers did indeed escape, but the majority of the force surrendered a few days later near Golant and were then marched to Poole, but most died before reaching there.
The fortunes of the harbour became much reduced, with trade going to Plymouth and elsewhere instead. Fishing became more important, but local merchants were often appointed as privateers and did some smuggling on the side. Tin, copper and iron mines, along with quarries and china clay pits became important industries in the area which lead to improvements at rival harbours. West Polmear beach was dug out to become Charlestown harbour circa 1800, as was Pentewan in 1826.[4] Joseph Austen shipped copper from Caffa Mill Pill above Fowey for a while before starting work on the new Par harbour in 1829.[5] Fowey had to wait another forty years before it saw equivalent development, but its natural deep-water anchorage and a rail link soon gave it an advantage over the shallow artificial harbours nearer to the mines and china clay works. Meanwhile, a beacon tower was erected on the Gribben Head by Trinity House to improve navigation into Fowey and around Par bay.[4]
Loading china clay circa 1904 (jetty number 1 in foreground)
The Fowey Harbour Commissioners were established by an Act of Parliament in 1869 to develop and improve the harbour.[4] On 1 June in that year the 7 ft 0 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway was opened to new jetties situated above Carne Point, and in 1873 the 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Cornwall Minerals Railway (CMR) opened a line from Newquay and Par to further jetties between Caffa Mill Pill and Carne Point. Both of these railways initially carried just goods, but on 20 June 1876 a passenger station was opened on the CMR on land reclaimed from Caffa Mill Pill. The Lostwithiel line closed at the end of 1879 but was reopened by the CMR as a standard gauge line in 1895, and the short gap between the two lines at Carne Point was eliminated. Passenger trains from Par were withdrawn after 1934 and from Lostwithiel in 1965. The Par line was subsequently converted to a dedicated roadway for lorries bringing china clay from Par after which all trains had to run via Lostwithiel.[6]
[edit] Governance
Fowey elected two members to the unreformed House of Commons until the Reform Act 1832 stripped it of its representation as a rotten borough, it having lost its borough corporation a few years before.[7] It was restored as a municipal borough in 1913, and then was merged with the nearby and much larger St Austell in 1968 to form the borough of St Austell with Fowey. This was itself in 1974 replaced with the Restormel Borough, which was relaced by Cornwall Council in 2009. Fowey now constitutes a civil parish.[8]
Fowey is in the South Coast (Eastern Section) of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It lies at the end of the Saints' Way and has ferries across the river to Polruan (foot) and Bodinnick (vehicle). There are many historic buildings in the town, including the ruins of St Catherine's Castle, while Readymoney Cove possesses a local beach.