Visit Penryn Town Guide 2015/16 Feb 2015 | Page 7

7 Commercial Road, Freeman’s Wharf & Eastwood Park Ride your bike or catch a bus to follow the river to Falmouth Freeman’s Wharf is named after ‘John Freeman Sons & Company Limited’ established in 1848. The Freemans seemed to have had quite an empire in Penryn with at least two quarries (Maen and Polkanuggo), steam engines, stonemasons, blacksmiths and cranes for lifting the heavy granite blocks on to small ships. Freeman’s Wharf and Eastwood Road continue alongside Budock Creek towards Glasney Valley. Image: The current Penryn Bridge was built in 1936. Prior to that there was a swing bridge to cross the Penryn River. Freeman’s Wharf on the far right of photo. Credit: Caroline Robinson Freeman’s Wharf | Falmouth Road, Penryn TR10 8AD Freeman’s Wharf boatyard consists of 45 half tide berths with a further 40 hard standing berths available for yachts up to 15m. 01326 377509 | http://freemanswharf.com/