CORNISH TRUST SECURES FUTURE OF FISHING BUILDINGS

Cornish trust secures future of fishing buildings. Cadgwith Fishing Cove Trust has just completed the purchase of Fort York in Cadgwith in Cornwall.

This completes the purchase of all the fishing buildings in Cadgwith, protecting them all from development for the fishermen of Cadgwith forever.

Fort York is a large and complex fishing loft and is the most important set of buildings to all the fishermen as it houses the ice machine and cold room that is used by all, as well as a fish shop and numerous small fishing lofts.

The purchase of the freehold of this third building is the final step of our three-step plan to save the fishing buildings, the first being to secure the Winch House (having leased it from the Parish Council on a 125-year lease), the second being the purchase of the freehold of Steamers House.

The focus of Cadgwith Fishing Cove Trust will now shift to the repair, running, maintaining, and improving these buildings for the fishermen of Cadgwith.

A statement from the Trust said:

“The legal process took far longer than we ever anticipated, but having now achieved our goal, there is a real sense of relief and gratitude.

“We would not have believed 3 years ago this was even possible. It seemed an unachievable dream, but it has come true solely thanks to huge public support.

“Thinking about how we got here, we especially wish to thank Luke Pavey and his team at Frank Films who brought the fisherman’s plight to national attention on BBC2 with “Cornwall: This Fishing Life”, and we must not forget the teams at BBC Spotlight, ITV Westcountry, BBC Radio Cornwall, all the local newspapers, all of whose support also helped send our fundraising effort into the stratosphere.

“We also wish to pay tribute to the former owners whose custodianship over many years have kept the buildings running and out of the hands of developers over many decades. We are pleased to take over as the new custodian of all these properties.

“We also thank Grade Ruan Parish Council for purchasing the Winch House, and for agreeing to lease it to us, and all the parishioners of Grade Ruan for their support of the project, both vocally and financially.

“However we especially would like to thank the nearly 9,000 people who made such generous donations to the Crowd-funder campaign, and the auction with held with David Lay (whom we thank also), and the many others who raised money in many different ways.

We simply could not have done it without you.

“Thank you all for making our dream a reality.”

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