'Save the High Street' takes off in Falmouth

The Falmouth BID has taken a lead in promoting and supporting the 'Save the High Street' campaign in lobbying David Cameron, all Cornwall MP's, councillors and others. In addition it is liaising with local and regional media to generate awareness and support for the campagn together with a strong effort through social media to develop a coordinated effort to gather feedback and response to the campaign. To view and contribute to the Facebook discussions page follow this link. A five point plan has been developed which can be downloaded here: Save_the_High_Street_5_point_plan

The University campuses in and around Falmouth (Wood Lane and Tremough) whilst primarily educational establishments also have facilities which are accessible to the general public including businesses. The facilities range from sporting and educational to pure business to business services. The campuses welcome contact and interaction with the local community so for more information and details on how to access these services and facilities follow the link.

Tremough and Wood Lane services for the public

If you are staying in Falmouth either for Business or pleasure (we have a lot of both here!), the town is also blessed with a large number of very high quality places to stay.  Probably the best place to start looking for one is with the Falmouth Hoteliers Association, to which most of the local Hotels and Guest houses are members.

www.visitfalmouth.com

Please have a look round their site and find yourself somewhere nice.  There will probably be a sea-view, a harbour view, some nice restaurants nearby, they also give you the option of searching Falmouth accommodation by its features - so enjoy your hotel and enjoy your stay here!

If you are visiting on Busieness the Falmouth Chamber meets monthly, and the Business club every Thursday morning at the Falmouth Hotel, both will be very pleased to see you.

Recent developments in the reorganisation of Cornwall Council and the impending budget cuts required under the government’s current spending plans have resulted in the likelihood that the funding currently provided by Cornwall Council in support of the Tourist Information Centre (TIC) in Falmouth will be removed. Consequently the Tourist Information Centre in Falmouth may have to close with the resultant loss of jobs and service provision for visitors.

Because so much of the local Falmouth and wider Cornish economy depends on tourism the Chamber sees this development as a major threat to the tourist industry. In addition, the involvement of Falmouth in the 2012 Olympics with the Finn sailing event will inevitably bring a considerable increase in visitors to Falmouth, making such a change in the tourist service provision at this time inconceivable.

The Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the Falmouth District Hotels Association (FDHA) have begun representations to explore the possibilities of alternative funding strategies and are looking into the provision of the service through complementary information systems and venues. In pursuit of this, any suggestions or realistic proposals from members of the Chamber and the public at large on how this might be achieved should be forwarded to the Committee of the Chamber ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or the FDHA ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

Whilst it may not be possible to maintain the TIC in its current form the Chamber and FDHS are hopeful that with cooperation from all the interested parties a meaningful tourist information service can continue to be provided in Falmouth in the future.

Falmouth harbour goes on for miles, and presents the visitor with a wealth of places to explore and enjoy, either by land or by water.

It is inter-connected by a network of ferries that take you from Falmouth across to Flushing and St Mawes, up the river to Penryn, or up to the upper harbour, Trelissick Gardens and the King Harry Ferry.  At high tides you can take the boat all the way up to Truro.

The harbour has numerous arms, meaning that even in the summer there are many places right off the beaten track.  The best views of the harbour are possibly either from Pendennis Castle in Falmouth, or having crossed by ferry or boat to the eastern Roseland side, on the viewing point high above the St Anthony Point lighthouse.    If you don't have a boat of your own you can really enjoy the water on one of the many ferries or tourist boats plying their trade across the water.

Passengers on a sea safari in the waters around Falmouth  saw a pod of dolphins swimming close by yesterday. It was the first major pod to be spotted on an Orca Sea Safari this year, according to Caroline Harvey, who runs the business with her husband Steve, the safari boat’s skipper.

Around 25 common dolphins swam alongside the boat for around 20 minutes while it was just south of the Manacles reef off Falmouth during the afternoon session, at around 2.15pm.

For more details see the Falmouth Packet

The Falmouth Tall Ships is a spectacular event that last happened in September 2008.

Since the inaugural event in 1998 it has developed into part of the Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta, one of the premier events on the Tall Ships summer calendar, with the world's greatest sailing Barques racing from Falmouth across the bay of Biscay to Ilhavo (Port of Aveiro) in Spain, and then out into the Atlantic to finish at Funchal in Madeira.

Falmouth is a popular destination for Cruise Liners, being not only a large port, but also one of the few with deepwater along-side facilities, allowing liners to land their passenger without the need for boats.