Polbathic

Polbathic (Cornish: Polbarthek)[1] is a small village situated on the A374 Trerulefoot to Torpoint road, within the parish of St Germans, in south-east Cornwall, England, UK. The village is situated on the edge of a tidal creek, known as Polbathick Lake, which is a branch of the River Tiddy and River Lynher river system.[2] Polbathick Lake is within the Lynher Estuary SSSI.[3][4]

The Halfway House

Polbathic is home to the Halfway Public House, drinkers at the pub tried to buy it but were not successful.[5] The pub was bought at auction for £110,000[6] by the owners of the Pickwick inn St Issey,[7] the pub was run by landlord Kevin Rix, when he left the owners daughter took over and ran it for 4 years.[8] In 2019 the freehold of the pub was put up for sale for £350,000 or a lease with £25000 rent pa, eventually the lease was sold at a discount, for £1 on the 12 November 2019.[9] The pub is now run by Lloyd Halliday who previously managed pubs in Essex and Suffolk.[10]

References
  1. Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
  3. "Lynher Estuary - Unit 33". Natural England. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  4. "Lynher Estuary - Unit 33". Magic Map. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  5. "Community spirit could help save village pub". The Independent. 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  6. "Property valuation for Halfway House, Polbathic, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 3EY | The Move Market". themovemarket.com. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  7. Darren (2014-09-16). "Halfway House, Polbathic, saved for community • Beer Today". Beer Today. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  8. "Halfway House, Polbathic, Cornwall". Pub is The Hub. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  9. "Summary of leasehold - Search for land and property information". search-property-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  10. Abel, Stuart (2020-08-16). "The postcard perfect pub loved so much the locals tried to buy it". PlymouthLive. Retrieved 2020-09-14.

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