Open Event 2023

Last year, 2022 saw the first ever Luxulyan Valley Partnership open event which has created a tradition for a public facing event preceding the Annual General Meeting. We brought together speakers and organisations to encourage looking at the Valley, its challenges and opportunities from a much wider range of perspectives, including key note speeches from Garr Tregidga, Institute of Cornish studies, Matt Healy, Westcountry Rivers Trust and Bridget Whell, National Farmers Union as well as stalls and displays from Cornwall Heritage Trust, Friends of Luxulyan Valley, Wheal Martyn Clay Works Museum, Forest for Cornwall, China Clay History Society, Luxulyan Old Cornwall Society, Meadow Barns Centre, National Wildflower Centre / Eden Project, Cornwall Council and CORMAC.

This year, in a scaled back event, we'll be opening the Village Hall from 12noon for displays and activities, and giving you your chase to complete a survey about priorities for the valley as we embark on creating a new Vision Plan for the site.

Key Note Speeches will commence at 2pm

Cheryl Marriott: Time to Bring Back Beavers?

Cheryl is Head of Conservation at Cornwall Wildlife Trust and will introduce the topic of beavers and their role as ‘ecosystem engineers’.

Dan Cooke: Our Protected Landscapes – Challenges and Opportunities

Dan is Protected Landscapes manager at Cornwall Council and will discuss the challenges and opportunities in this new role with a particular focus on the future of the World Heritage Site.