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The Looe Valley Line Rail Ale Trail was the third pilot scheme, launched early in 2004, and covering 11 pubs between Liskeard and Looe. Seven of the pubs are in Looe and two in Liskeard. The remaining pubs are "Ye Old Plough House Inn" at Duloe, a 30-minute walk from Causeland railway station, and the "Polruan Country House Hotel" near ...
This is a list of towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The ceremonial county includes the unitary authorities of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. In accordance with gazetteers, Cornish names are in the standard written form approved by the Maga signage panel. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Both the pub and shop close during the winter months. [2] The Eagle in Benet Street, Cambridge. The pub in which Francis Crick and James Watson announced that they had "discovered the secret of life" (the structure of DNA). The pub is opposite the Cavendish Laboratory [4] and the event is commemorated by a blue plaque next to the entrance. [5]
Menheniot (pronounced Men-en-yut; [clarification needed] Cornish: Mahynyet) [1] is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km) southeast of Liskeard. [2] The meaning of the name is "sanctuary of Neot" (from minihi and Neot). [3] Menheniot had a population of 1,605 in the 2001 census ...
A stone cross was found at Tregoad Farm in 1906 built into the wall of a stable. In 1931 it was set up on a new base at Tregoad by the Looe Old Cornwall Society. In 1971 it was removed to the Guildhall Museum in East Looe for preservation. It is a rare example in east Cornwall of a cross with a carved figure of Christ, in this case incised. [6]
As of 26 December 2022, the Victoria Inn, the village pub, closed permanently. There is one general-grocery shop in the middle of the village. The Millennium House in Pensilva is a community owned social centre built in 1999. Over the years it has waxed and waned in popularity and the incumbent small bar has changed from a club to a pub in that ...
Carnglaze Caverns consists of three man-made caverns formed as part of a slate quarry in the Loveny Valley, near the village of St Neot, Liskeard, Cornwall, England, UK. The first of the caverns, the Rum Store, is so called because it was used by the Royal Navy during the Second World War to store its supply of rum. In 2001 it was converted ...
Liskeard (/ l ɪ ˈ s k ɑːr d / ⓘ lih-SKARD; Cornish: Lyskerrys [2]) is an ancient stannary and market town in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth , 14 miles (23 km) west of the Devon border, and 12 miles (20 km) east of Bodmin .