Fowey


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Fowey

(fɔɪ)
n
(Placename) a resort and fishing village in SW England, in Cornwall, linked administratively with St Austell from 1968 to 1974. Pop: 2064 (2001)
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Prince Charles and Bowles also met with the representatives from the RNLI and Fowey Gig Club, as well as the veterans of the Royal British Legion on Town Quay.
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This circular walk from Respryn car park takes in fantastic scenery along the River Fowey and through seminatural ancient woodland on the National Trust's Lanhydrock estate.
1 Left over Respryn Bridge, through a kissing gate and take one of two paths to River Fowey. 2 Cross Kathleen Bridge into Higginsmoor Wood, turn right up the hill.
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His father, Derrick, was an auxiliary coastguard in the area but later settled in Cornwall, where he volunteered with the National Coastwatch Institution in Fowey.