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Bed And Breakfast In Lostwithiel
Telephone: 01208 872472
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Telephone: 01208 872908
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Telephone: 01208 873419
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Telephone: 01208 872444
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Telephone: 01208 873550
Lostwithiel Hotel
Telephone: 01208 872262
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Telephone: 01208 873540
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Telephone: 01208 873461
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Telephone: 01208 873792
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More Information About Lostwithiel
Lostwithiel (Cornish: Lostwydhyel) is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739. Geography The town lies on the A390 road from Tavistock to Truro. Lostwithiel railway station is on the Cornish Main Line from Plymouth to Penzance. It is situated on the south side of the town, just across the medieval bridge. The line was originally built for the Cornwall Railway which built its main workshops here, but the surviving workshop buildings were transformed into apartments in 2004. A branch line takes china clay trains to Fowey. Buildings Lostwithiel's most notable buildings are St Bartholomew's Church and Restormel Castle. There is a small museum devoted to the history of the town. Once a stannary town, and for a period the most important in Cornwall, it is now much reduced in importance. There is a fine early fourteenth century bridge with five pointed arches, and nearby the remains of the Stannary Court, with its Coinage Hall - this was the centre of royal authority over tin-mining, and 'coinage' meant the knocking off of the corner of each block of tin for the benefit of the Duchy of Cornwall. The small Guildhall has an arcaded ground floor. The old Grammar School has been converted into dwellings. Culture The town boasts a number of annual cultural activities including an arts and crafts festival, a beer festival, a week long carnival in the summer and a Dickensian evening in December. The town has a playing field known as King George V Playing Field. Lostwithiel has several large parks. Coulson Park was named after Nathaniel Coulson who was raised in Lostwithiel after being abandoned by his father. Transport From Lostwithiel railway station trains operated by First Great Western run approximately every two hours towards Plymouth or Penzance. Some through services to and from London Paddington station and those operated by CrossCountry between Penzance and Scotland also stop. National Express provides a regular coach service to London which runs via Plymouth for connections to other destinations. The coach stop is located outside the Royal Talbot Hotel. A shoppers bus to St Austell operated by First Devon & Cornwall (service 24) runs four journeys (Monday to Friday) via Luxulyan with stops close to the Eden Project & China Clay Country Park. Stops in Lostwithiel are outside the Royal Talbot Hotel & Cott Road phone box.
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