Our archive and museum collections cover various social history topics relating to the town of Hayle and the surrounding parishes.
You’re welcome to either visit us in person to do your own research, or ask our team of volunteer researchers to look into things for you.
Just drop us an email at enquiries@hayleheritagecentre.org.uk with a few details, like:
- What you’re researching
- Why you’re looking into it
- What kind of help you think you’ll need (based on the fee info below)
We’ll chat things through over email to make sure you get the information you are looking for.
Research fees are as follows: –
Library
| Service | Cost |
| Browsing library collection. View reference library index here (pdf) | FREE |
| Use of personal camera to photograph content. | £4 per visit |
| Scan to USB stick (B/W or colour) | 25p per scan |
| Photocopying: | |
| B/W A4 | 30p per sheet |
| B/W A3 | 40p per sheet |
| Colour A4 | £1.50 per sheet |
| Colour A3 | £2 per sheet |
| *Please note: copying is limited to 10% or one chapter of a complete publication. *Please note: this is a reference library only. Borrowing is not permitted. |
|
Archive: self-led use
| Service | Cost |
| Self-led research visit. | FREE |
| Photocopying: | |
| B/W A4 | 30p per sheet |
| B/W A3 | 40p per sheet |
| Colour A4 | £1.50 per sheet |
| Colour A3 | £2 per sheet |
| Access to Ancestry and the British Newspaper Archive. | £5 per visit |
| *Please note: Upon booking, please inform us what topics you are researching to allow us to retrieve the material in advance. | |
| Commercial use. | Price upon application |
Archive: research conducted and collated by our volunteers
| Service | Cost |
| First 30 minutes. | FREE |
| Subsequent research. | £15 per hour |
| Copies of photographs provided by email. | £2.50 per image |
| *Please note: images provided to you by email must be for personal use only. *Please note: Upon booking, please make us aware if you would like to place a cap on how many hours of research we conduct. |
|
| Commercial use. | Price upon application |
