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Walk the dog, explore the past
and enjoy the outdoors
Leading from Budock Creek to Glasney Valley
is the site of Glasney College built in 1265.
When the building was dismantled, most of
the granite was destined for Pendennis Castle.
Glasney College was built after a dream in which Thomas
Beckett came to Bishop Bronescombe of Exeter and told
him to find a place called Polesethow, where a large willow
tree filled with a swarm of bees stood, there he must build
a church. The Church and college stood for 300 years before
being closed during The Reformation of 1548-9.
Image above: College Viaduct is one of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s last timber designs
to be converted to stone during the 1930’s. Image Left: Lovely wooded walks by a
stream in Glasney Valley Image above: Performance of Gogmagog by