It's coming home for Truro City

Treveth's Harry Lewis (L) and Cornwall Councillor Olly Monk kick the first football on the pitch at Truro City's new ground

Truro City Football Club's new ground will be finished in time for the new season, its developers have said.

Truro City have not had a permanent home since leaving their Treyew Road ground in 2021.

The club and its long-suffering fans have had to endure a nomadic existence since then.

But the new 3,000-seater stadium should be ready for the start of the National League South season in August.

The new Truro City stadium is part of the Truro Sports Hub project

The new Truro City stadium is part of the massive Langarth Garden Village development, which will see 4,000 homes, a new access road and other community facilities built on Truro's western edge.

Harry Lewis is the Langarth Garden Village project director for Cornwall Council’s development company Treveth.

He said: “The main point is Truro City needs to be playing football here in September which they’re going to do. That’s on.

"The pitch is in and preliminary stands. But, as the master developers, we’ve still got a lot of work to do with the owners of Truro City Football Club, which is going on in the background."

Truro's 4-1 home loss against Worthing in January 2024 was played at Bolitho Park, home of Plymouth Parkway

Truro City have been without a home since 2021 when the Treyew Road ground was sold for development.

Since then, they've played their home games in Plymouth, Torquay and Taunton, and secured promotion to the National League South in 2023.

For many years, Truro City were hopeful the Stadium for Cornwall project would provide them with a base in the city.

But, when that dream came to an acrimonious end in June 2022, negotiations started between the football club and the team behind the Langarth Garden Village concept.

Those negotiations led to the Truro Sports Hub, which is being built on the land earmarked for the old Stadium for Cornwall.

The Hub will feature an all-weather floodlit 3G pitch for use by the local community, as well as the Truro City stadium.

A planning application for a permanent club house and more community facilities is expected in the coming months, once the funding is secured.

Cllr Olly Monk has described the Langarth Garden Village concept as "vastly complicated"

Cornwall Council portfolio holder for housing Olly Monk said: "What you see here is fantastic for fans of Truro City and football fans throughout Cornwall as well.

"It provides a 21st Century facility, but, importantly, it opens up the door for 4,000 homes, over 30% of which will be affordable, and give access to local people to get on the housing ladder.”

The National League South season kicks off on Saturday 10 August - the fixtures are released a month before then.

Whenever Truro City play at home for the first time, it will be a new start in a number of different ways.

There will be a new manager in the dugout, as former Macclesfield Town, York City and Port Vale boss John Askey replaces Paul Wotton.

It is the first time chairman Eric Perez can watch a home game at home, since buying the club last November.

The club even has a new crest and nickname, with The Tinners replacing The White Tigers.

But, for the fans, the main focus will be of building a successful team, rather than building a home stadium for that team to play in.