Editorial – Welcome To Gunnislake

Celebrating the King’s Coronation: A Vibrant Street Party in Gunnislake

Gunnislake, recently came alive with excitement and festivity as residents gathered for a joyous street party to celebrate the coronation of their new king. The event garnered attention from various local figures, including the local Member of Parliament, the district Councillor, and even BBC South West Radio. This article takes you through the highlights of this memorable occasion, capturing the essence of community spirit and merriment that filled the streets of Gunnislake.

THIS WEBSITE NEEDS HELP!

Gunnislake Community Matters is searching for a few volunteers to assist in maintaining the village website (www.gunnislake.org). To be eligible, you must be at ease with utilising WordPress or have the enthusiasm to learn the fundamentals. Additionally, you must be

GCM COMMUNITY WALK SATURDAY 16TH JULY 2022

Community Walk – Saturday 16th July Route: Luckett, Greenscombe Wood and Nature Reserve Meet 10am at Gunnislake Car Park for car share or 10.15am at Luckett village car park – everyone welcome.

GUNNISLAKE VILLAGE MARKET RETURNS!

Good news that this excellent community event is returning to the Village Hall! The Village Hall committee decided to revive the village market on the first Saturday of each month – so the first one will be held on Saturday

TOKENBURY CORNER and TRETHEVY QUOIT – Walk and Talk

Gusty winds almost blew us off our feet when we stepped from our cars at the little car park at Tokenbury Corner but that was nothing compared with what was to come. The nearest settlement on this south-eastern fringe of

BERE FERRERS to THORN POINT 2019 – Walk and Talk

Today is Wednesday 1st May or May Day and is celebrated in many different ways throughout the world so before recounting how our walk turned out, I will just describe how here in Britain some people still dance around a maypole that is

GUNNISLAKE CLITTERS – Walk and Talk

Today’s walk was not the one advertised in the current programme, it was changed due to NewBridge at Gunnislake being closed after its recent damage with no precise date for its re-opening, but as we now know, the bridge actually

DEER PARK FARM, LUCKETT – Walk

Driving down Luckett Hill on this bright morning, another of my favourite walks lie ahead, but I missed it last year due to a holiday so I was keen to re-acquaint myself with all there is to see. This is

COTEHELE CIRCULAR V1 (April) – Walk and Talk

Once again New Bridge at Gunnislake was closed due to an accident so it meant a long detour for our friends in Devon to reach Cotehele Quay for our weekly walk. However, a few made it and with the usual

COMMUNITY MEMORIAL GARDEN

It’s taken lots of hard gardening by the community in Gunnislake and now it’s nearly time for planting. A sloping bank on the A-road side of St Anne’s Church has been rescued from disuse, brambles and ivy to a new

CHIMNEY ROCK and MORWELL ROCK – Walk and Talk

Unbroken sunshine greeted us this morning, but we soon discovered that it came with a nip in the air as a record number of us gathered in the car park. There were 37 in total so the lady from the

CHIMNEY ROCK COMMUNITY – WALK

CHIMNEY ROCK COMMUNITY WALK Saturday 17th February saw a small group of nine people and three dogs set off for the second community walk of 2019. After several days of glorious sunshine, we walked mostly in dull cloudy weather with

Batty Valley

In 2017, as a part of the Devon Wildlife Trust Greater Horseshoe Bat Project (“the Bat Project”), and with support from the Tamar Valley AONB Sustainable Development Fund in 2017, Gunnislake Community Matters (“GCM”), put up 14 bat boxes and

GREENING UP GUNNISLAKE

It’s Your Neighbourhood 2019 There are already several keen volunteer gardening groups in Gunnislake who are focused on cleaning up and greening up the local area. This includes groups such as GCM, Friends of Gunnislake Station, the Gardening Club, Friends

NEW COFFEE SHOP for Gunnislake run by local resident

An exciting and very welcome new business has just opened in Gunnislake, run by local resident, Sarah Reeves. The Koffi Lodge opened on Saturday 1st December in Commercial Street, in what was The Orchard Studios. After just a few months of planning, refurbishing