Inside the old 'capital' of Cornwall now booming - but it has major problem

By Rosie Jempson, US News Reporter

Cllr Colin Martin, the Cornwall Councillor for Lostwithiel (Image: Olivier Vergnault / Cornwall Live)

This beauteous municipality successful Cornwall is packed with creatives and autarkic shops and there's ever thing going connected - but the escaped parking is causing a headache for the locals. 

Lostwithiel, the past superior of Cornwall, is location to astir 3,000 radical and the colonisation has been increasing implicit caller years. 

The municipality is steeped successful affluent past and boasts a 12th-century span implicit the River Fowey and a religion from the Middle Ages. 

It's besides well-known for its originative assemblage with galleries and arts and trade shops lining the streets - galore showcasing the talented enactment of locals. 

There is adjacent escaped parking, which for immoderate whitethorn look similar a dream, but residents accidental it is really an issue. 

Emma Jesshop, proprietor of Bellamama Deli successful Fore Street (Image: Hayley Toms)

Speaking astir the area, Hayley Toms, proprietor of LilyBoo arts and trade shop, told Cornwall Live: "But it's not conscionable arts stuff. There is everything you request present too.

"We person a large butcher and baker, a Coop, a convenience store, restaurants, takeaways, bully pubs and escaped parking. But everyone volition archer you, it's really an issue."

"It fills up precise quickly," Hayley explained. "We've had customers accidental they drove distant due to the fact that they couldn't find anyplace to park. We bash request much parking spaces."

Cornwall Councillor for Lostwithiel Colin Martin agreed that determination is an contented with the parking but insisted determination are much spaces disposable towards the stream radical often miss. 

Lostwithie is simply a creative, arty municipality (Image: Olivier Vergnault / Cornwall Live)

The parking contented is made worse by definite radical parking determination for days and commuting retired of the region for work, according to the paper. 

Cllr Martin said: "Long word I'd similar to deliberation that the onshore adjacent the railway presumption could go a due car park. 

"Affordable lodging is different contented successful our municipality and we request to physique more.

"We could bash with a much regular autobus service, but astatine slightest we are good served by bid services arsenic we're connected the main enactment and successfully campaigned for much trains to halt successful Lostwithiel."