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Welcome to the website of Falmouth Town Council. Falmouth is Cornwall’s leading south coast resort, it is one of the county’s largest, vibrant and most diverse towns. It is home to Cornwall’s rich maritime heritage, the Tremough Campus of the combined Universities of Cornwall, the internationally renowned Art Gallery and many sub-tropical gardens.

This site aims to provide you with information on the work of the Town Council and Falmouth generally. It will direct you to links to other websites for further information.

Falmouth Town Council was formed on local government reorganisation in 1974 from the former Falmouth Borough Council. The town received Royal Charter in 1661.

Falmouth is formally twinned with Douarnenez in Brittany and Rotenburg (Wümme) in Germany and is encouraging informal cultural links with Villagarcia in Spain.

Total electorate 15,432. Total population 19,855. Area 776 hectares.

News: Falmouth & Penryn Community Plan 2009

The Falmouth and Penryn Community Plan Launch by Kevin Lavery, Chief Executive of Cornwall Council took place on Monday 7th December 2009 at the National Maritime Museum.

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News: Falmouth Twinning Association

Wartime photos and memories of French landing are sought.

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News: St Nazaire Service of Remembrance

On Saturday 3rd October hundreds of people paid tribute to the heroes of the greatest raid of all, the raid on St Nazaire in 1942.

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News: Falmouth Cemetery Receives Honorable Mention

Falmouth's entrance into this years Cemetery of the Year Awards for the first time has had a successful result with the Cemetery taking third place.

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News: Falmouth Twinning Association - Remembrance of Times Past

When the Deputy Mayor of Douarnenez recently joined the 42 strong contingent from Brittany visiting their “twins” in Falmouth, the Falmouth Twinning Association discovered that their varied programme of cultural and leisure visits held a hidden gem for M. William Boulic and his wife, Marie Paule.

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News: Paint Party in the Park – Trescobeas gets a lick of colour!

On 19th September Falmouth residents were invited to head down to the new Trescobeas recreational space on Lambs Lane in Falmouth to celebrate the start of the next phase of development.

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News: Britain in Bloom Awards

Falmouth claims a gold award, a top trophy and praise for one of its primary schools at this years Britain in Bloom Awards.

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News: Falmouth Oyster Festival - Spotlight on Chefs!

Falmouth Oyster Festival has cookery at its heart. The festival which runs from 15th to 18th October at Events Square, celebrates the start of the native oyster dredging season and showcases leading local chefs in a cookery demonstration programme throughout the four days – and best of all - the cookery shows by local chefs are all free!

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News: Boslowick By-Election

Alan James Jewell, the Conservative Party Candidate, is elected to the Town Council.

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News: Notice To All Persons Entering Swanpool Cemetery – Falmouth

A health and safety audit of headstones (memorial stones) is currently being undertaken in the cemetery.

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