Trewoon

Trewoon (pronounced true-un) is a small village 2 miles west of St Austell in Cornwall, England, UK. In 2000 the village had a population of 895 persons. Trewoon also features in the Domesday Book (Tregoin: Hamelin from the court of Mortain) and was part of the St Mewan Parish and had its own manor known as Hembal Manor which is now privately owned.

A railway line (Cornish Main Line and the Newquay Branchline) and the A3058 St Austell to Newquay highway pass through the village. It is a linear settlement, with various housing estates, and a village hall. It contains local businesses including: Trewoon Garage, a post office, busy local Premier store, Crops and Boppers hairdressers, "The White Pyramid" pub, a social club, a Methodist Church (Trinity Methodist Church).

Trewoon is also where the Trewoon Pantomime Group was founded and performed in the local village hall until moving due to requirements to the St Austell Church Hall where they still perform once a year. The pantomime group also hit national headlines in 2006 when they were banned from using a real bed for their annual bed push and had to use a wheelchair for health and safety reasons.

Trewoon also has a major part to play in the china clay industry in Cornwall being the home to the Blackpool Clay Pits and Dryers. The pits are the largest employer in the area which looks certain to come to an end with the announcement in 2006 to close Blackpool Pit at the end of 2007 and along with various other closures by Imerys the county looks set to lose around 600 jobs a lot of them in Trewoon when operations move to Brazil.

Trewoon has a history of carnivals on an annual basis but following changes in the law regarding insurance for motorised floats the Carnival was forced to end. The carnival has now returned to the village and happens once a year in the month of August along with fun events, concerts and games that happen all week at various sites in the village.

External links

• Pictures of Trewoon Carnival 2007