Visit Penryn Town Guide 2015/16 Feb 2015 | Page 19

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Commercial Road,

Islington Wharf, St Gluvias
Church & Enys Gardens

Fantastic walks to Flushing,
Enys and Mylor
For many years Tremough Estate supplied

other Cornish gardens with Rhododendrons,
they included Enys, Trebah, Glendurgan,
Heligan and even further afield to the
Botanic Gardens at Kew.
Tremough House is a Grade II listed building nestled in the
current site of Falmouth and Exeter University, which provides
further education for around 5,000 students per year.
Some plants have been replanted in local gardens, but many
have escaped into Cornish hedges such as Bird’s Nest Ferns
(Asplenium nidus).
At the other end of town, St Gluvias Church is positioned
(pictured left) at the place closest to St Gluvias Creek which
flows into Penryn river and down into the sea. People have
worshipped here since 1318. Saint Gluvias the Martyr to
whom the church is dedicated, is generally assumed to be
Welsh Saint Petroc’s nephew.
The most famous person commemorated at the churchyard
is Sir Samuel Argall. He kidnapped Pocahontas (the famous
Native American) for ransom to ensure safety for the British.
His interment was in St Gluvias churchyard after being lost
at sea in 1626.