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 17,625. Total population 21,385. Area 776 hectares.
Please visit Falmouth’s official destination website www.falmouth.co.uk for full details of where to stay, travel and resources, what to see and do, event and business listings, link to download Falmouth map and much more.
Stanza transforms environmental data into art at Cornwall’s university campus The University of Exeter and Falmouth University will host two projects by international new media artist, Stanza at the Tremough Campus in Penryn between 11 and 23 May 2013 as … Continue reading →
A team of 9 servicemen completed a charity cycle ride from St Nazaire, France to Falmouth on Friday 10th May. They rode 600 miles in 5 days and are hoping to raise £10,000 for the Royal British Legion. The team … Continue reading →
The Mayor hosted a lunch for the Falmouth Parks and Gardens team on Thursday 9th May to celebrate their success at the Falmouth Spring Flower Show where they won The Sylvanus Treveal Cup and The Parry Silver Challenge Cup. They … Continue reading →
On Tuesday 30th April the Mayor was delighted to host a lunch for the Carnon Carers in the Mayor’s Parlour. Sandra Tregidgo from Carnon Carers said: Carnon Carers enjoying a lunch with Falmouth Town Mayor Geoffrey Evans to thank him … Continue reading →
On Thursday 18 April, local residents are invited to the Tremough Campus, Penryn to make and fly a swarm of bee kites as part of Falmouth University student Imogen Bone’s Bee Happy project. Bee Happy is a collaborative community art … Continue reading →
The Town Mayor welcomed the Falmouth School Table Tennis Team, Chloe Parsons, Chloe Crilly, Lily Owen and Dominique Williams to the Mayor’s Parlour to celebrate their recent success in becoming National Schools Team Table Tennis Champions (under 13′s). … Continue reading →
The Port of Falmouth is delighted to announce that Sail Training International (STI) has confirmed that it is the first host port to be signed up for the Iberian Tall Ships Regatta 2014. The event, involving some of the largest … Continue reading →
Falmouth Town Council and the Kimberley Park Association are very pleased to announce that the play project will be opening at 10:00am on the 22nd December 2012. The current fencing on site will be removed on the afternoon of the … Continue reading →
University College Falmouth is to be granted full university status in a move that will further its ambition to become one of the top five arts universities in the world. David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science, today recognised … Continue reading →
The Town Mayor, Councillor Geoffrey Evans, welcomed the Carnon Carers Group to the Council Offices this month for a Christmas Lunch. The Carers provided the food and the Mayor provided the refreshments. The Town Mayor said ‘We had the most … Continue reading →
