Find out more about Heritage Organisations in Cornwall

Cornwall Heritage Trust does not stand alone in its desire to conserve and protect Cornwall’s Heritage. There are many other organisations who hold similar values, both charities and government bodies.  Some of these are listed below, click on them to visit their websites and find out more.

English Heritage

On behalf of English Heritage we manage several important sites in Cornwall. When you become a member of Cornwall Heritage Trust you also receive free access to all of the English Heritage sites in Cornwall.

Cornwall Archaeological Society

Cornwall Archaeological Society acts as the forum that brings together amateur archaeologists, professional archaeologists and all those interested in Cornwall’s past and the preservation of its archaeological heritage.

Go Cornish

A dynamic online resource, for those wanting to learn or teach the Cornish language.

The Cornish Gorsedh

The history and origins of the Gorsedh, the purpose and significance of the ceremonies, annual competitions, events, and their place in contemporary Cornish society.

Kresen Kernow

Kresen Kernow (‘Cornwall Centre’) is home to the world’s largest collection of documents, books, maps and photographs related to Cornwall’s history. Everyone is welcome to visit and explore these amazing collections.

St. Piran Trust

St Piran Trust, involved with the uncovering the Oratory of St Piran near Perranporth in Cornwall, and in preserving other sites associated with the saint, including Perran Round and the Old Church…

The Trevithick Society

The Trevithick Society aims to encourage an interest in Cornwall’s Industrial Heritage through lectures, outings and other meetings and by publishing the results of individual research through its website, journal and other publications.

Federation of Old Cornwall Societies

The Organisation for those who love Cornwall. “Cuntelleugh an brewyon us gesys na vo kellys travyth” – Gather up the fragments that are left that nothing be lost.

The Cornish Ancient Sites Protection Network

The Cornish Ancient Sites Protection Network is a charitable partnership formed to look after the ancient sites and monuments of Cornwall.

The Sustainable Trust

The Sustainable Trust was formed by and for a group of people including voluntary groups and small businesses working in association with each other to improve the understanding and implementation of sustainable practices.

Wheal Martyn Clay Works

A fully Accredited Museum, Wheal Martyn is based within two Victorian china clay works, now a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The Museum tells the story of this fascinating industry and the people who worked and lived in the shadows of Cornwall’s iconic ‘white pyramids’.

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

The Portable Antiquities Scheme is a DCMS funded project to encourage the voluntary recording of archaeological objects found by members of the public in England and Wales.

National Maritime Museum

National Maritime Museum Cornwall is a place to enrich understanding of the sea and Cornwall. Family learning activities; award winning education programmes; boat building and conservation; and work to preserve and promote Cornwall’s maritime heritage.

Tamar Valley

The Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, or TVAONB for short, is a special area around the rivers Tamar, Tavy and Lynher. The area is famous for its mining heritage landscape. A team of dedicated staff and volunteers run projects and coordinate work to protect the Valley.

Cornwall Museums Partnership

Cornwall Museums Partnership develop and manage collaborative programmes of work which are designed to help museums raise standards, engage with more people and to be sustainable and resilient.

Saltash Heritage

Saltash Heritage aims to collect, promote and research local history in Saltash and surrounding parishes and to maintain a museum in Saltash.

Azook Community Interest Company

Azook Community Interest Company is a not-for-profit social enterprise dedicated to growing cultural confidence amongst Cornish communities by connecting people with their cultural heritage.

Cornish Memory

cornishmemory.com was created by Azook Community Interest Company to help museums, heritage organisations and private collectors improve access to the film, audio and photographic heritage that they hold.

Carnglaze Caverns

Carnglaze Caverns is a former slate mine where slate was both quarried and mined underground in Cornwall. Carnglaze is part of Cornwall’s internationally important industrial heritage where you can find out about the miners’ ingenuity and skills, and how slate roofed the Industrial Revolution.

Cornish Folklore

The ancient Celtic land of Cornwall has a wealth of recorded folklore. This blog has been set up to share knowledge of Cornish folklore, culture and related subjects.

Cornish Buildings Group

Since 1969 the aims of the Cornish Buildings Group have been to stimulate interest, appreciation and knowledge of good building in Cornwall, and to encourage the erection, protection, repair and recording of such buildings.

Perranzabuloe Museum

Perranzabuloe Museum offers an insight into the rich history of Perranzabuloe Parish. The Museum is a registered charity run by an enthusiastic band of volunteers.

Cornish Wrestling

The history of Cornish Wrestling goes back so far it is lost in the midst of time. The first mention of Celtic Wrestling appears in the ancient book of Leinster, referring to the sport being included in the Tailteann Games which date back to at least 1829 BC.

Cornwall Film Festival

Cornwall Film Festival is Cornwall’s only major film festival event and attracts audiences from across Cornwall as well as from the rest of the UK and abroad.

Cornish Family History Society

One of the main aims of the Cornwall Family History Society is encouraging research into Cornish family history. Another aim is the co-ordination, transcribing and indexing of original records by volunteer members.

Celtic Congress

The International Celtic Congress is the organisation that organises a major annual conference held in a different Celtic country each year and which promotes the knowledge, use and appreciation of the Celtic languages, heritage and cultures.

Radyo an Gernewegva

Weekly Cornish podcast.

Storylines

Storylines is a Community Interest Company, which runs creative projects and workshops that use the common language of story to bring people together to share, celebrate, learn and connect.

Cornish Dance Society

The focal point of contact for anyone interested in Cornish dance.

Cornwall Association Of Local Historians

CALH encourages its members to be actively involved in exploring local history through a number of activities and on-line and printed materials.

Golden Tree Productions

Golden Tree Productions work in collaboration with audiences that are currently under-engaged in heritage and arts, particularly those that are disadvantaged, by designing cultural, educational and environmental solutions intended to make a meaningful and lasting difference to these communities.

Cornwall National Landscape

Cornwall National Landscape is the new name for the protected landscape in Cornwall, endorsed by Natural England. It is still in law a designated area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB). Cornwall National Landscape is 12 separate sections making up one third of Cornwall and our primary purpose remains to conserve and enhance Natural Beauty.

Cornwall Council Strategic Historic Environment Service

Cornwall Council’s Strategic Historic Environment Service offers advice and information to the public on both the built and rural heritage of Cornwall. It is based around the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record, which sits within Kresen Kernow and is the definitive record of heritage sites within Cornwall. The team also oversees a number of Heritage Led Regeneration Schemes and feeds into council policies and strategies.

Cornwall Buildings Preservation Trust

The Trust works to save empty or derelict historic industrial, commercial and institutional buildings. It also manages Old Duchy Palace in Lostwithiel.

Penwith Landscape Parternership

The Penwith Landscape Partnership was formed in 2014 by a group of community organisations and individuals who came together and shared the aim to support the understanding, conservation and enhancement of the Penwith Landscape as a sustainable living, working landscape.