Liskeard - bustling market town for you to explore
Liskeard is a proud and historic Cornish market town to the east of Bodmin Moor.
The main market day runs fortnightly on a Tuesday when the bellows of cattle arriving in trucks and trailers can be heard across the town.
Farmers bring their livestock to be sold at the town centre market.
If you fancy a taste of the rural way of life, why not visit the market to see what goes on?
Liskeard also has ancient narrow streets to explore and a wide range of shops.
Fore Street is pedestrianised so you can enjoy wandering from shop to shop without being bothered by traffic.
The town has plenty of places to buy food including cafes, restaurants, pubs, takeaways and supermarkets. And some of the finest Cornish pasties are sold in Liskeard.
There is plenty of short-term car parking space available around the town centre. The town is also on the main railway line, with the station being a few minutes’ walk.
A branch line from Liskeard runs down the picturesque Looe Valley to the seaside.
Lux Park Leisure Centre offers a range of facilities including a swimming pool with a flume and chutes, and during the appropriate seasons there is plenty of sporting action involving the town’s football, rugby and hockey clubs.
Liskeard has several churches with the large parish church of St Martin’s providing a prominent landmark in the town. The church was built in the 15th century on an original Norman site.
At the Foresters Hall there is a tourist
Webb’s House Liskeard
information office and an interesting local museum.
Liskeard was granted its charter by Richard, Earl of Cornwall, the brother of Henry III in 1240.
Since then it has always been an important centre for agriculture and during the mining boom in Cornwall it was also a key player in that industry, being a ‘coinage’
town.In the year 1294 Liskeard sent two members to Parliament but this was reduced to one by the 1832 Reform Act.
Among these MPs were the historian and author Edward Gibbon, who wrote the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and Isaac Foot, the father of the famous Foot family.
Charles I used Stuart House on The Parade as a lodging in 1644 and today the building is used for arts, heritage and community events. The town’s Guildhall, with a clock tower, was built in 1859 and the Public Hall was constructed in 1890.
Another interesting feature in the town centre is Pipe Well in Well Street, below Fore Street.
Fed by four springs, the well has never been known to run dry, even in drought years.
In past times, the water from the spring was believed to possess miraculous healing powers.
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ON HOLIDAY? HAVE CAR PROBLEMS?… The Parade,Liskeard Fore Street,Liskeard Popular cafe diner
Located in the heart of Liskeard is the popular café diner the Fat Frog.
As soon as you enter, you’ll notice a strong contingent of novelty frogs to back up the venue’s name, and they all help add to its rustic charm and quirkiness.
This eaterie has a popular local
following and it’s not hard to understand why.
The traditional menu is enjoyable and satisfying with the all day breakfast being a particular favourite with customers.
The relaxed seating and atmosphere will definitely help take the stress out of your day.
So feel free to drop in and sample the food that will not leave you disappointed or hungry.
You’ll be greeted warmly and efficiently by friendly staff to make you Café Fat Frog experience one you’ll never forget.
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