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This website is for the people of Withiel, St Wenn and neighbouring communities. Please send any information, news and pictures to info@withiel.com. We welcome feedback

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News and Views, our monthly parish magazine, can be seen in the column to the right. Earlier issues are available via the pull-down menu above

St Wenn Remembers – again

Fri, 29 August – Sun, 31 August Commemorating the end of WWII 80 years on St Wenn Church Floral Exhibition Friday 29th August to Sunday 31st August 10am to 4pm…

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Striding Out: Marazion

I think it’s time I came clean about one of Eddie’s misadventures. As regular readers know by now, Eddie’s enthusiasm for life is fairly dynamic, especially when it comes to…

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Striding Out: Zennor

In early April, I took my caravan down west to stay on a site near Marazion to take advantage of the lovely weather and a quiet time before visitors start…

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Withiel WI

Ladies have a look at Withiel WI programme and see if anything appeals to you: June Visit to Tremore Farm Dairy July Emma Hughes speaker about the tyrant king Henry…

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Striding Out

Erica is still recovering from a broken leg, so here is an essay she wrote last spring: Having waited for what feels like an eternity to get out and have…

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March WI meeting

Judy welcomed members and visitors and went on to introduce our speaker, Norman Trebilcock, who, for many years was a paramedic as well as a marathon runner, fundraiser and all-round…

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Striding Out

It had been tricky to find somewhere reasonably dry to walk so I decided on a route which involved coast and roads, so off we went to Polzeath and parked…

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Withiel Parish Council Report February 2025

There were apologies from Cornwall Councillor Mrs Jenny Cruse. Her report is shown in full in the minutes of the meeting – https://withielparishcouncil.org.uk/category/minutes/ She said that Storm Darragh had caused…

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Withiel WI

Our president, Judy Lobb, introduced her daughter Rebecca as our speaker for the February meeting. Rebecca is a Year 6 primary school teacher at Trevisker, near Newquay. It turned out…

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Withiel WI

It was good to all meet up again after the Christmas break and we started our year with a most interesting meeting. Our speaker was Sonia Shipman who gave a…

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Withiel WI

I can’t believe just how quickly Christmas comes around each year and one of the highlights of the festive season is our WI Christmas lunch. Fifteen ladies gathered at the…

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Striding Out

With a few fine days and the forecast looking good, I drove down to Mullion and parked in the National Trust car park at Gunwalloe Church Cove. While several dog…

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Striding out

I managed to get out of a hospital appointment in Treliske before midday so I took the opportunity to do a half-day walk from Trelissick. With a remarkably dry spell…

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Bingo night

At the end of October the Withiel Social Group organised another Bingo night which was very well supported, with people coming from a wide area. There were some excellent prizes…

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Recognition for the RVP

Ruthern Valley Players have received recognition at the annual Awards Night organised by the Cornwall Drama Association (CDA).   The Association attends and assesses more than 60 amateur dramatic productions…

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