The Centre is used by the Church and a range of other groups from the town as a venue for meetings and activities.

Our Sunday Club meets here twice a month during term time. There are no regular Sunday Services but a said Eucharist is held each Wednesday at 10am.

This small, isolated and very peaceful chapel is open throughout the year to visitors.

During the Summer months there is a monthly evensong on 4th Sunday of the month at 6.30pm but the main Sunday Services are held at St Winnow parish church.

The main Sunday service is held at 11am. For further details of services, facilities and special events, please contact the Curate, Revd Alison Munro-Smith, on 01208 873805. Otherwise, do check the noticeboards or pick up a copy of The Bridge, our parish magazine, from any of the churches in the Benefice.

Our Location: Church Lane, Lostwithiel, Cornwall PL22 0EQ

Run by volunteers, its purpose is to provide a warm safe environment for the young people of the community to have fun, socialise and develop their knowledge and skills. Regular club sessions are interspersed with art and music workshops and other activities.

Opening Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 pm for the music (dj) workshop and Thursday from 7 to 9pm for the Drop-in evening.

For more information visit Oasis-Youth call Richard on 07747 343637 or email rich at oasis-youth dot org dot uk.

With integral kitchen facilities, the club room is also available for hire and ideal for small group meetings and children’s parties etc. Booking enquiries through the Community Centre Reception (01208 872207)

The Community Centre was opened in 1983 to provide much needed facilities for the local community. The wide range of activities available at the Centre can be seen below, but new activities are often added so if there is something you are interested in that is currently not included then just call us. The Centre is also available for hire for private parties, weddings, concerts, markets etc.

REGULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY CENTRE INCLUDE
Monday
Playgroup 10am – noon
Headway Cornwall – Oasis Centre 10am – 4pm
Westcountry Embroiderers (twice monthly) 10.30am – 3.30pm
Luncheon Club for Senior Citizens 12noon – 4pm
Adult Education – Watercolour Art 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Weight Watchers 7pm
Yoga 7pm – 8.30pm
Badminton Club 8pm – 10pm

Tuesday
Playgroup 10am – noon
Yoga 4.30pm – 6pm
Rainbows 6pm – 7pm
Children’s Roller Disco 6pm – 7.45pm
Alcoholics Anonymous 7pm – 9pm
WEDNESDAY
Playgroup 10am – noon
Headway Cornwall – Oasis Centre 10am – 4pm
Lostwithiel Floral Art (once monthly) 1pm – 4pm
Martial Arts – Tsidkenu (Juniors and Adults) 5pm – 7.30pm
Fowey River Badminton Club 8pm – 10pm
THURSDAY
Playgroup 10am – noon
Mother & Toddler Group 10am – noon
Dance Movement Class 10am – 11.30am
Art Class 1pm – 4pm
Brownies 6pm – 7.30pm
Lostwithiel Short Mat Bowls Club 7pm – 10pm
FRIDAY
Playgroup 10am – noon
Local Produce Market (twice a month) 10am – 2pm
Friday Antiques Market (twice a month ) 11pm – 3pm
Bingo (twice monthly) 7.30pm
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Always something going on including
Flea Markets & Car Boot Sales
Antique Fairs & Book and Postcard Fairs
Toy,Train and Dolls House Fairs
Lostwithiel Short Mat Bowling Club 7pm – 9pm The centre is also available for hire for:
Badminton, Squash and other sports
Parties, discos and concerts
Regular meetings, get togethers or AGMs
Please call for details on 01208 872207
Or email us at lca@lostwithieltic.org.uk
Lostwithiel Community Association is a Reg. Charity No. 281406
Further information about activities can be found in the Event Calendar section of this site.

The exact date of its building cannot be stated but it is thought that Robert de Cardinan commenced work there in the year 1190 on the foundations of an earlier Church built around 542 AD.

The outstanding feature of the Church is its Lantern Spire. The tower is square and buttressed and rests on the North and South sides on arches which were, at one time, open and formed a right of way through the tower. This was closed and doors fixed at the time of the restoration of the Church in 1878-9. Surmounting the tower is the very beautiful, octagonal Lantern Spire built in the Early English style of architecture.

The spire was struck by lightning in 1757 and severely damaged. In January 1876 a violent gale, almost amounting to a cyclone, passed over the town when the tower was again damaged, shattering the stone cross with which the spire was finished.

The most ancient monument in the Church is a brass to the memory of Tristram Curtys who represented Lostwithiel in Parliament 1419-1421.

During the occupation of Lostwithiel by Parliamentary forces in the Civil War, the Church was used as a stable for their horses. According to records taken from a diary of 1644 there is an entry which read “In contempt of Christianity,Religion and the Church they brought a horse to the font, and there, with their kind of ceremonies, did as they called it, christen the horse and called him by name of Charles in contempt of His Sacred Majesty.”

The font is made of Pentewan stone and is thought to be dated about the middle of the 13th century, sometime in the reign of King Henry III.

The fabric of a building of this size and age requires constant, necessary and expensive attention to cope with the host of relatively minor problems that occur. Year on year these expenses swallow up that part of the Church’s income which can be devoted to repairs and no funds are available either to meet extraordinary current expenditure or to build up a fund against future contingencies.

The Friends of St. Bartholomew Church (FOSB) has been set up with the sole aim of rectifying this financial shortfall. Since 1995, FOSB have raised – via donations, Gift Aid (formerly called “Deeds of Covenant”) and fund-raising events – around £70,000.

Find out more details of the church and fundraising activities on the FOSB