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.
Weight Matters is a FREE 12 week course being delivered by the NHS ‘Healthy Weight Programme’ it is a unique healthy lifestyle course that supports people to make and maintain behaviour changes around eating healthily and becoming more active. These … Continue reading →
University College Falmouth and the University of Exeter, who share and jointly manage the Tremough Campus in Penryn, will be showcasing creativity, originality and ground-breaking research in all sorts of ways for the local community and visitors to the town … Continue reading →
Falmouth’s community Shuttle Bus that joins two key parts of the Town Centre has been upgraded to provide a more accessible service. The updated bus will be in operation from Monday 7th May and although the same size as its … Continue reading →
Mark Killingback joined 781 Newquay Squadron Air Training Corps as a cadet before joining the Merchant Navy in 1979. Mark was commissioned as Pilot Officer at 781 Squadron in December 1999 and served as a Squadron Officer whilst on leave … Continue reading →
Falmouth Twinning Association held their 2012 AGM in the council chamber with the president Town Mayor Councillor Geoffrey Evans C.C in attendance. The popular chairman Maureen Davies was unanimously re-elected with the other office bearers willing to take on their … Continue reading →
Fal Energy as a Social Enterprise has produced free energy saving information packs to help local residents save money on their fuel bills. OneStop Shops and Libraries in Falmouth and Penryn plus the following shops in the surrounding villages have … Continue reading →
The children of Falmouth have been offered an opportunity to work alongside professional writers in a special workshop on May 1st. Authors Emily Barr and Craig Green have teamed up to set up Barrington Green, an organisation that provides writing … Continue reading →
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF DATE FOR THE EXERCISE OF ELECTORS RIGHTS Audit Commission Act 1998, Section 15 and 16 and The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2011 (SI 2011 No 817) 1. Date of Announcement– 24th April 2012. 2. Each year … Continue reading →
From 2 April Cornwall Council will be making changes to householders rubbish, recycling and garden waste collections inCornwall. All households will receive information about the new services, so everyone will need to keep an eye out for the leaflets and … Continue reading →
Eleven new nest boxes have been installed in the trees at Kimberley Park just in time for the Spring. The nest boxes were made by local builder Alan Moody who is an original member of the Kimberley Park Association. The … Continue reading →
