Welcome

Calstock Parish is situated in south east Cornwall (UK), close to the Devon border. With a population of approximately 6000 and 3000 households, it comprises of a number of villages, the larger ones being St Ann’s Chapel, Gunnislake and Calstock.

Much of the Parish is within the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and is also part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

To find out more about our Environment and Climate Change Strategy please click here

The fine landscape includes granite ridges, woodlands and rolling farm land. The River Tamar, with its attractive waterfront areas, forms the eastern border of the Parish. Within the Parish are many impressive remains of mine workings. The Parish has miles of footpaths and other public rights of way. Many of these form part of the Tamar Discovery Trail.

A brief history of the Parish can be found on the Calstock History website. Which also hosts details of the Parish Archive.

Latest News

Chair and Vice Chair

May 15, 2023

The Parish Council held its Annual Meeting last week. Jim Wakem was re-elected as our Chair and Mark Warwick was elected as Vice Chair. Jim has been a popular Chair for several years now and said he was privileged to have the position again. Mark...

Report from the Ecology Emergency Summit held on 19-05-2023

May 26, 2023

The Chair of the Environment and Climate Change Committee attended a summit last week. He was gladdened that there seemed a real commitment from the Local Authority to make this work and that Local Nature Recovery Strategies will be critical. You can read Richard's...

Helping wildlife

May 26, 2023

In a small corner of Millennium Green (Albaston) the brambles were strimmed back and a dead hedge created from old vegetation. Since the brambles have been cleared light has now enabled Campion and Foxgloves to thrive. The dead hedge is a great habitat for insects and...