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Gulworthy Parish Council

Welcome to the official website for Gulworthy Parish Council

Gulworthy is a rural parish in the west of Devon, straddling a ridge between the Tamar river to the west and the river Tavy and Lumburn stream to the east. Now predominantly agriculture and forestry, in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the area was heavily industrialised. Blanchdown Wood, in the northwest of the parish, was the site of the Devon Great Consuls copper mine, one of the world’s largest copper mining enterprises. Arsenic and other metal ores were also mined extensively around Gulworthy. As part of these operations the port at Morwellham, in the southwest of the parish, was developed. The Tavistock canal, which passes under the parish in a tunnel bored through Morwell Down, connected Morwellham to the mines and Tavistock.

Gulworthy today is a small hamlet at the junction of the east-west A390 Tavistock – Gunnislake road and the B3257/B3362 running north-south from Chip Shop towards Bere Alston. There is a church, primary school and the parish hall, all serving the local community and the surrounding hamlets and farmsteads. The Gulworthy Parish area is defined on the boundary map.

Thermal Imaging Camera Hire

As part of West Devon Borough Council commitments to help reduce carbon emissions, we have four thermal imaging cameras available for use on a free to borrow basis for Town and Parish Councils or Community Groups.

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Next Parish Council Meeting - Monday 1st December at 7:30pm Gulworthy Parish Hall

Next Parish Council Meeting - Monday 1st December at 7:30pm

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