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Bringing the lifeboat to Ennal’s Pool
From beneath the Tamar Bridge to Saltash, onto a lorry and through the final lanes by tractor.
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Ennal’s Pool
A former clay-working landscape of open water, woodland and wildlife.
The place
A worked landscape under woodland and water.
Open water, regenerating woodland, wet ground and old structures now fill land once shaped by Cornwall’s china-clay industry.
The earlier landscape is still there if you know where to look: in the maps, the remains and a handful of veteran trees.
Explore
Seven ways into the place.
Water, wildlife, practical work and the history still written into the ground.
The Lake
Deep water, steep margins and constant change.
Wildlife
Kingfishers, trout, dragonflies and woodland life.
Heritage
Maps, workings, old ground and surviving structures.
Clay Trails
Explore the official routes around Trethurgy and the Eden Project.
Explore Cornwall
Walking, cycling, running and days out from Eden to the Camel Trail.
Projects
Water, habitat, access and the jobs in between.
Things to do
Twenty simple ways to look, listen, make and explore around the lake and woodland.
Landscape history
1948, from above.
The 1948 aerial catches the site mid-history: fields, workings, tracks and disturbed ground before woodland closed over much of it.
Some mapped features survive. Others are still out there somewhere, waiting to be found.
Explore the historyAt the lake now
Lake camera
A live window on the water.
Once connected, this will show a regularly refreshed view across the lake: light, weather, water and whatever happens to pass through.
Water & habitat
Clearer water. Better habitat.
Solar oxygenation is now part of the lake’s management. Over the past year the water has visibly improved in clarity and condition.
The rest is just as hands-on: banks, wet ground, woodland, access and plenty of watching what happens next.
See current projectsFrom the site
Work, wildlife and the occasional odd operation.
The journal keeps the running record.
· Wildlife
A kingfisher, finally caught on camera
After plenty of sightings, finally a phone photograph of one at the lake.
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Building the solar oxygenator
From timber on the grass to a working solar spray system on the lake.
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Stay here.
Two furnished woodland stays plus small-scale tent and hammock camping beside the lake for nature breaks, family weekends, unusual Cornwall escapes and Eden Project visits. Staying guests can use the site kayaks free of charge.
Kingfisher’s Perch
A spacious woodland yurt above the water, particularly suited to family holidays and nature breaks in Cornwall.
Explore the yurt →
The Vintage Tent
Vintage canvas in its own woodland position for couples, small families and unusual weekends away.
Explore the tent →Woodland tent and hammock camping
Bring a small tent or hammock and stay among the trees beside the lake, with shower, washing-up and compost-toilet facilities available, plus free use of the guest kayaks.
Read the latest from Ennal’s Pool.
Work, wildlife, discoveries and changes around the lake.
Read the journal