Over 50 years of serving Mount Hawke

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Cornwall operator Hopley’s Coaches has been serving the people of Mount Hawke and the wider Truro area for over 50 years. Today it operates a modern front-line fleet on a variety of work. Richard Sharman visited the family-run business to find out how the latest generation is finding coach and bus operation

Mount Hawke
Rob Hopley, the fourth generation of the family to be involved with the company. RICHARD SHARMAN

Hopley’s Coaches is a well-known Cornish operator that many will be familiar with. The front-line tour fleet can be seen from anywhere in the South West to London and beyond. Local services are also operated and many school contracts undertaken in the region from its base in Mount Hawke, near Truro.

Having served the local area for over 50 years, the Hopley family has helped generations of people to get to work or school in that time – making them an integral part of the community.
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