Why does mousehole have a harbour

The Mousehole Christmas Lights are famous throughout Cornwall and beyond and are put up and taken down each year by a dedicated team of volunteers. The festival is planned by a team of over ninety volunteers from the village community. Like this? See our Discover Mousehole guide for more ideas and inspiration.

What are your recommendations for things to see, do, and places to eat in Mousehole? Let us know via Facebook comments below? You are here Home. Spend a weekend in…Mousehole. One of the only legal trades was fishing, which could be very unreliable, so fisherman often looked to the smuggling trade to supplement their income.

Tags: Mousehole Tradition. Places to visit. A History of Mousehole. The Spanish Invasion On the 23 rd July , four Spanish galleys appeared out of the morning fog and men, armed with pikes and shot landed in the village.

Dolly Pentreath Dolly Pentreath of Mousehole was recorded as being the last person to speak solely Cornish by Daines Harrington in The Solomon Browne The whole village was devastated by the loss of the lifeboat Solomon Browne on the night of Dec 19 th Sadly this was was too late for Mousehole.

Mousehole, whose fleet fished for pilchards and mackerel, was known as one of the centres of the Cornish fishing trade. In Edward I granted permission for the town to run a market; the most westerly of markets on the British mainland. The quay was built a century later which helped protect the fishing boats in the harbour. Greater protection was created when the seven hundred foot long southern pier was built in , with the northern pier being completed in Penlee Lifeboat and its crew were involved in numerous rescues but sadly it is disaster that has brought the most attention.

Despite the disaster and the relocation of the lifeboat station to Newlyn, volunteers from Mousehole have still come forward to man the boat for the RNLI. The effects of the sea upon the town are also highlighted in the story of the actions of the legendary Tom Bawcock. The story goes that the people of Mousehole were suffering badly because of the huge gales and stormy seas.