Covers_308064.qxd 13/6/13 15:01 Page 3 Wadebridge Town Council Wadebridge OFFICIAL TOWN GUIDE Covers_308064.qxd 13/6/13 15:01 Page 4 Short Listed “Best Dental Practice of the Year” South West & Wales Dentistry Magazine 2007 Explore our website… www.dentaldimensions.co.uk Providing the highest level of private dentistry, hygiene and peridontal treatment. 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Live music venue every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Situated in the town centre, we are a noted stop off point for The Camel Trail. The Bridge on Wool The Platt, Wadebridge PL27 7AQ 01208 812 750 3031974 2 Editorial_308064.qxd 13/6/13 15:35 Page 3 Wadebridge Town Council Wadebridge OFFICIAL TOWN GUIDE Published by: Burrows Communications Limited Publicity House, 106 Stafford Road, Wallington, Surrey SM6 9AY Tel: 020 8773 3000 • Fax: 020 8773 8888 Email: [email protected] Web: www.burrows.co.uk Our Advertisers We gratefully acknowledge the support of the firms whose advertisements appear in these pages. Without their help we would not be able to produce this town guide. Whilst every care has been taken in the compilation of this guide and the statements contained therein are believed to be correct at the time of publication, the publishers and the promoters shall not be liable for any inaccuracies. Any advertisement in this publication does not imply any recommendation by Wadebridge Town Council. Acknowledgements & Information The Town Council would like to thank the following for their help with the Town Guide - Photographers Colin Ward & Edward Treverton, Wadebridge Chamber of Commerce, Bodmin & Wenford Railway and local groups and organisations. Front cover photograph – The Bridge © Colin Ward 3 Editorial_308064.qxd 13/6/13 15:36 Page 4 !" #$ % &' ( # S # " * # + $# , - (" #./ #N1$ ,r + + "" # , "# 123242(5563-78922/2( :(22(;73 :1(:62( 3031634 Cornwall Farmers Wadebridge Country Store, open to all We provide everything to make the most of the country lifestyle including equine, pet, 21a Molesworth Street, Wadebridge gardening, clothing and footwear, DIY and farming. Cornwall PL27 7DD - Tel: 01208 812211 Find us at: Trenant Industrial Estate 17 Lower Bore Street, Bodmin Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 6HB Cornwall PL31 2JR - Tel: 01208 75775 Tel: 01208 812444 or go to www.cornwallfarmers.co.uk www.thebloomroomflorist.co.uk 3031375 3031978 4 Editorial_308064.qxd 13/6/13 15:36 Page 5 Egloshayle Church © Colin Ward CONTENTS Foreword by the Mayor of Wadebridge, Councillor Tony Rush . .7 Welcome to the Wadebridge Town Guide . .9 A Brief History . .10 The Camel Trail . .12 Wildlife on the Camel Trail . .14 Recreation, Sport and Leisure . .15 Wadebridge Map and Street Index . .18 Pubs, Restaurants, Shops and Businesses . .22 Regular Events in Wadebridge . .23 Places to Visit . .27 Places to Stay . .30 Local Government in Wadebridge . .31 Relocating to Wadebridge . .33 Useful Information . .34 Useful Numbers . .36 5 Editorial_308064.qxd 13/6/13 15:36 Page 6 3032163 Helping Small Businesses SOLICITORS Self Assessment Tax We offer help in relation to: Accounts and Audits • Family breakdown (including fixed price divorces) • VAT & Payroll • Making a Will • Limited Companies • Buying and selling houses and businesses • Financial Planning and • Disputes - employment/consumer Business Development rights/accidents • Why not give us a Business Forecasts & Plans call? Chartered Accountants WADEBRIDGE & Business Advisors 01208 812415 THE PLATT, WADEBRIDGE PL27 7AE (01208) 814681 Manor House [email protected] www.t-h.co.uk Wadebridge TRUDGEON Cornwall HALLING PL27 6BS www.macmillans-solicitors.co.uk 3031362 3031297 6 Editorial_308064.qxd 13/6/13 15:36 Page 7 FOREWORD BY MAYOR OF WADEBRIDGE COUNCILLOR TONY RUSH Cllr Tony Rush, Mayor of Wadebridge 2012-13 © Colin Ward It gives me great pleasure to write this the cricket, tennis, rugby and bowls clubs. foreword for the Town Guide on behalf These organisations are important in of Wadebridge Town Council. maintaining a strong community spirit and sporting interest for all ages and abilities. We at the Town Council are very proud of our delightful town and we trust that My Mayor’s Surgery in the Town Hall is the information in this booklet is useful on the first Saturday of every month. It to residents and visitors alike. has proved very successful, and is always busy with local residents coming along and Wadebridge boasts many individual talking to me, about their ideas for making retail shops, so if cycling on the Camel Trail Wadebridge an even better place to live. is not your thing, an easy stroll around the town, stopping off for coffee, may be There are exciting plans for a possible perfect for you. BMX/Skate Park and Wadebridge could soon have its own town museum thanks For children there is a new play area, to a local developer. alongside the main car park in the centre of the town. From here you can see Challenge Councillors from Egloshayle, St. Breock Bridge, so named because it was built and Wadebridge Councils are working with the help of the 1991 television series, on a Neighbourhood Plan to provide a Challenge Anneka. This leads to Egloshayle vision for the future of Wadebridge and Playing Fields, where you will find another the surrounding area. The Plan will take two excellent children’s play areas. up to two years to complete with the help and involvement of many residents and The Town Council is the custodian of areas businesses in the area. of land in the town used as parks or leased to various groups and organisations, such as Cllr Tony Rush 7 Editorial_308064.qxd 13/6/13 15:36 Page 8 Providing all your beauty treatment needs within friendly, relaxing surroundings in the heart of Wadebridge including... Dermalogica Skin & Body Treatments • Shellac Manicures & Pedicures Waxing • Eyelash Extensions • Electrolysis • Massage • Reflexology Tinting • Spray Tanning • UV Vertical Tanning Units • Teeth Whitening and more 3 Eddystone House, 6 Eddystone Road, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 7AL www.theattictanningandbeauty.co.uk (01208) 815522 3032030 Traditional Beds CHandmadeB in Cornwall 3031731 NUTE VETERINARY SURGERY VETERINARY SURGEONS HIGHER TRENANT, WADEBRIDGE, CORNWALL PL27 6HB TELEPHONE: 01208 813258 FAX: 01208 815301 www.wadebridgevet.co.uk 3031363 3031954 8 Editorial_308064.qxd 13/6/13 15:36 Page 9 Camel Estuary © Colin Ward WELCOME TO THE WADEBRIDGE TOWN GUIDE Wadebridge is a vibrant, friendly community Council hopes that the enthusiasm they in North Cornwall on the banks of the River have for their town comes across in this Camel and is fast becoming one of the guide and that the information provided destination towns in the southwest. It has will help you to make the most of the a population around 8,000 and is ideally Wadebridge experience. situated for visiting many of the sights that North Cornwall is famous for. Sandwiched Wadebridge Town Council between the charming fishing port of Town Hall, The Platt, Padstow and Rock with its beaches, it is Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7AQ ideally placed to visit all year round. The Tel: 01208 812643 beautiful nationally acclaimed, 17 mile Fax: 01208 814666 Camel Trail, runs right through the town Email: [email protected] centre with walking and bike riding Website: www.wadebridge-tc.gov.uk available in each direction. There are riverside walks and a lovely park with a large children’s play area, tennis courts and a cricket ground all located within easy walking distance of the town centre. This guide has been produced not only for visitors and newcomers to the town but also as a handy reference document for established residents. The Town 9 Editorial_308064.qxd 13/6/13 15:36 Page 10 River Camel © Colin Ward A BRIEF HISTORY One of the earliest recorded references to lowest crossing of the River Camel until the Wadebridge was in 1312 when a market bypass bridge was built in 1993. The bridge and two fairs were granted to Wade; the is known locally as the 'Bridge on Wool' name Wadebridge did not appear until the as it was reputedly built on woolsacks. 15th century when the Bridge on Wool was Another reason for the name was that the constructed. The surrounding larger parishes bridge was paid for from the profits made of Saint Breoke & Egloshayle dominated the from wool sales – a rich commodity in the locality at that time due to the lack of a area at that time. The building of the Bridge parish church in Wadebridge. Saint Breoke was instigated by the Vicar of Egloshayle - Church has records going back to 1257AD Thomas Lovibond - and it was widened and Egloshayle not long after. in 1852 and 1963 and comprises of 17 arches along its length. At the current time Historically Wadebridge was seen as a only 13 of these arches are still visible, the market town on the banks of the Camel rest hidden beneath the row of shops River or ‘a market town whose bridge is leading from the junction with the Platt.