Dobwalls () is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in south-east

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, England, United Kingdom. It is situated 3 mi (5 km) west of

Liskeard Liskeard ( ; ) is an ancient stannary and market town in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth, west of the Devon border, and 12 miles (20 km) east of Bodmin. Th ...

. The name is spelt ''Dubwalls'' on Bartholomew's map and '' Black's Guide'' of 1879. The A38 trunk road ran through the village until the bypass was opened on 19 December 2008. The bypass has two of the most elaborate

bat bridge A bat bridge is a structure of varying construction crossing a new or altered road to aid the navigation of bats following the destruction of a hedgerow, and to cause the bats to cross the roadway at a sufficient height to avoid traffic. Bats are ...

s built so far in the UK (previous examples in

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being wooden posts with cables). Twelve native species of

bat Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...

s are found in the area. Until 2006, the

Dobwalls Adventure Park Dobwalls Adventure Park was a family-run visitor attraction in the village of Dobwalls, near Liskeard, Cornwall. Founded in 1970 by John Southern, the park was one of Cornwall's top visitor attractions, consisting of two miniature railway networ ...

tourist attraction was located north of the village.

Civil parish

At the 2011 census the population of the village was included in the

Dobwalls and Trewidland Dobwalls and Trewidland () was a civil parish in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom between 1974 and 2021. The parish was bounded to the north by St Neot and St Cleer parishes, to the east by Liskeard and Menheniot parishes, to the s ...

. In 2020 Cornwall Council announced that from 1 April 2021 the part of Dobwalls and Trewidland parish surrounding the village of

Trewidland Trewidland () is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Keyne and Trewidland, in east Cornwall, England. It is about northeast of Duloe. It is situated in the Looe Valley, part of the Cornwall National Landscape. The village shop and post office ...

would be moved to the parish of St Keyne, to form the new parish of St Keyne and Trewidland, with the remaining parish known as Dobwalls.

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