The fish are back home at Hayle’s KGV Memorial Walk pond

Take a stroll along KGV Memorial Walk in Hayle and you might notice the fish pond looks a little different.

The team at Hayle Town Council has been working hard behind the scenes to give it a full renovation. And the residents have now moved back in.

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What’s been done to the pond

The work covered three main jobs. The pond has been cleaned, re-waterproofed and fitted with a new and improved netting structure.

Photos shared by the council show the stages. First the old surface was washed down, leaving the stone bowl around the central plinth empty. Then came a fresh grey coating across the inside, with mesh netting stretched over the top.

The netting is there for one reason, according to the council. It is designed to keep the fish safe.

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Back where they belong

The council introduced the news with a playful nod to the old nursery song: “If you go down to the woods today… well, not quite the woods.”

With the work finished, the fish have returned to the pond, and the council says they are now happily back in their home.

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