Budock Water
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Cornwall
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, England
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. The village is situated two miles (3 km) west of Falmouth
Falmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....
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According to the 2001 census Budock parish had a population of 1,399. The parish includes the smaller villages of Lamanva and Treverva
Treverva
Treverva is a small village at the west of the civil parish of Mabe in Cornwall, England, UK.It lies on the road between Mabe village and Constantine village, immediately west of Lamanva...
and encompasses 2400 acres (9.7 km²) of land. Arable farming in the parish includes early potatoes, broccoli and daffodils.
History and notable buildings
The earliest recorded rector of Budock was in 1207, although it is believed that the link to BudocBudoc
Saint Budoc of Dol was a Bishop of Dol, venerated after his death as a saint in both Brittany and Devon . Saint Budoc is the patron of Plourin Ploudalmezeau in Finistère where his relics are preserved...
, a Celtic saint, dates back to 470 AD. The parish church, which has a western tower, is partly of the 13th and partly of the 15th century: the box pews which in most churches were removed in the Victorian period remained until mid 2010 when they were also removed. Falmouth was originally part of the parish of Budock. The church contains a brass to John Killigrew and his wife, 1567.
Besides the parish church, the village also had a Wesleyan Methodist
Methodist Church of Great Britain
The Methodist Church of Great Britain is the largest Wesleyan Methodist body in the United Kingdom, with congregations across Great Britain . It is the United Kingdom's fourth largest Christian denomination, with around 300,000 members and 6,000 churches...
Chapel originally built around 1814, and rebuilt in 1843. Declining congregations eventually resulted in this chapel being closed and sold, and although that building is now used as a meadery
Meadery
A meadery is a winery that produces honey wines or meads.Particularly in Cornwall, a meadery can also refer to a tourist-attraction type of restaurant that serves mead and food with a medieval ambience. A meadery would typically be in the style of a banquet hall, having wooden flooring, heavy...
restaurant, there is still an active Methodist Chapel at Treverva
Treverva
Treverva is a small village at the west of the civil parish of Mabe in Cornwall, England, UK.It lies on the road between Mabe village and Constantine village, immediately west of Lamanva...
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At Rosemerryn is a substantial house of about 1730. The Crag, Maenporth
Maenporth
Maenporth is a cove and beach in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately two miles south-southwest of Falmouth on the estuary of the River Fal....
, is a house built by Alfred Waterhouse
Alfred Waterhouse
Alfred Waterhouse was a British architect, particularly associated with the Victorian Gothic Revival architecture. He is perhaps best known for his design for the Natural History Museum in London, and Manchester Town Hall, although he also built a wide variety of other buildings throughout the...
in 1865 incorporating some Cornish elements: subsequently a hotel, it burnt down in 1981.
Budock Water village has a public house called the Trelowarren Arms and there are also two hotels in the parish which both have restaurants that are open to non-residents. The village had a post office until 2009 when it was closed following the central government review of rural post offices, but the shop remains as another hub for the village. There is a regular bus service connecting the village with both Falmouth and Helston as well as the outlying villages in the area.
Education and social activities
The village school (a Church of England primary school) closed in 1990 when it was amalgamated with two other church schools. The original building was sold and converted into a private house. Local children benefit from a playing field in the middle of the village, donated by a local landowner, equipped with swings and climbing frames. There is a village hall that is used by clubs and organisations ranging from the toddlers group, through the Brownies and Guides, to the Over 60s Club.Budock woods remains a popular wooded area adjoining the village. One area of the woods was noted to have a great many bluebell
Common Bluebell
Hyacinthoides non-scripta, commonly known as the common bluebell, is a spring-flowering bulbous perennial plant. -Taxonomy:...
flowers, but these suffered after the great storms in January 1990 that toppled many of the mature beech and sweet chestnut trees that they were growing beneath. A jungle garden located at Penjerrick Garden
Penjerrick Garden
Penjerrick Garden, often referred to as "Cornwall's true jungle garden", lies between Budock Water and Mawnan Smith, near Falmouth, United Kingdom....
is open to visitors on certain days.