OS grid reference SX082900 Region South West Sovereign state United Kingdom Dialling code 01840 UK parliament constituency North Cornwall | Civil parish Trevalga Country England Shire county Cornwall Post town Boscastle | |
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Population 71 (Civil Parish, 2011) | ||
Trevalga (Cornish: Trevelgi) is a coastal civil parish and village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south-east by Forrabury and Minster parish and on the west by Tintagel parish.
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Map of Trevalga, Tintagel, UK
The village of Trevalga lies 500 metres from the coast on the seaward side of the road from Boscastle to Tintagel. Unusually, the village is part of an estate owned by Marlborough College, a public school in Wiltshire. The estate has been held by the college in trust since 1961 under a bequest of the last Lord of Trevalga Manor, Gerald Curgenven (died 1959). This was to ensure its preservation from development and allow local families to remain there. However, in 2010, the college was told that it was breaking charity law by owning a hamlet, and thereafter placed the entire estate on the market (the legality of this is being disputed by the Trustees and Tenants of the estate and the sale has been suspended until this is resolved). This situation has caused understandable concern amongst the tenants, and other inhabitants, about the future of the village. Thereafter, protests and petitions were set up, using the social networking website Facebook in an attempt to save the hamlet. There was formerly a slate quarry and a silver lead mine in the parish.
Trevalga is mentioned in the song Black and Gold along with other places nearby.
Trevalga lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.
Notable buildings
The village church is also the parish church and is dedicated to St Petroc. Also in the parish is Trehane Barton (in its present form a farmhouse dating from 1743). The church was built in the 12th and 13th centuries (the tower being later than the nave and chancel). After restoration work the church was reopened in 1875. For many years it has been a member of the Boscastle Group of Anglican parishes.
There is an early Cornish cross in the churchyard.