This Land is Your Land

It’s been a year now since myself and a number of National Trust volunteers went round Lizard village and delivered leaflets about the future of Tregullas Farm and how the local community could get involved in it.  A lot has happened since, so it seemed a timely moment to update everybody about what is currently going on.

‘A working farm at Tregullas’ was the principal outcome of our discussions over the past year and lots of you have told us how much you valued the wildlife, access and great views that this land and the farm provides.  We will be advertising for a tenant to work with us to make the most of all this later on this year.  In addition, two groups are keen to work with us on different aspects of the farm which would tie in closely with our new tenant.

The Lizard Onions – ‘Britain’s Most Southerly Community Smallholding’ are looking at a Community Supported Agriculure project on a number of fields close to the village.  They are gathering support locally and have entered the project into a BBC competition ‘Village SOS’ to help get some funding for start up work.

Tregullas Courtyard – a group of local people are looking to find a new use for the old farm buildings at Tregullas which might include:

• Studios and workshops
• Meeting places
• Space for skills and learning
• Offices and information
• Space for events

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Tregullas Farmhouse

Contact

Alastair Cameron
Property Manager
The National Trust
December 2011

Tregullas Update September 2011

Things are moving along well now and two local groups have formed to take forward their ideas about what could be done with some of the land and some of the old courtyard of buildings at Tregullas. Find out more about the Courtyard Building Group and the Lizard Onions and come along and meet them at their Information Day on the 30th September at the Lizard Reading Room. Both groups are really keen for your input and help for their exciting projects so please come along and support them on the day.

The Trustees and Executive Board of the National Trust visited Tregullas this week on a glorious sunny day and were really excited about the projects and the enthusiasm of the local groups that they met on the day and they will keep a keen eye on what happens here in the future.

Whilst the two groups are formulating their plans, the National Trust will be looking at the terms of the new tenancy to start in March 2013. We need to tie this in really well with the other projects so that a new farmer coming in knows exactly what else is going on at Tregullas when they put their business plan in and that their business works well alongside the community projects proposed and we are hoping that the farmer will be a key member of both enterprises as they go forward. We’ll publish details of this tenancy when we have it in a draft form later this year and hold a meeting so we can get some feedback on what you think about what is proposed.

In the meantime, work is carrying on at the farmhouse to replace windows, prevent penetrating damp and upgrading kitchen and bathrooms. When the work is complete, we’ll be letting this on a short let, prior to letting the farm and farmhouse together.

I’m always pleased to hear comments and opinions about Tregullas and what we are doing together here, so please e mail me here or call me on 01326 561407.

Alastair Cameron
Property Manager
September 16 2011

Welcome to the Tregullas Farm website

The National Trust is opening a dialogue with the local community, visitors and anyone with a love of and an interest in Britain’s most southerly point to see how we can work together on the future of Tregullas Farm at the Lizard.

Throughout 2011 we will be holding a series of events, meetings and discussions to hear what the local community and others think.

We want to hear what is special about this land, what you would like to see grown here, whether you want to get involved in some way, and whether the Lizard community needs extra space, land or buildings to help it thrive. This might mean more space for wildlife or recreation, allotments or a community farm, or even a community renewable energy scheme. Read about the work we have already done about Tregullas Farm.

If we can match our aims and objectives with your vision, there is a great opportunity here. We really want to listen to your ideas so that you can help us come to a decision about the farm. In the meantime we will be letting the farmland and the farmhouse on short-term agreements until we know what will be possible here.

Opportunities like this don’t happen often – maybe just once in a generation – so this is your chance to get involved and shape the future of the farm.

Fill in our survey here or just get in touch to tell us what you know and think about Tregullas either by adding to our Ideas page or using our contact form.

Alastair Cameron
Property Manager
The National Trust, Lizard and Penrose