Although Truro City Bowling Club celebrated its centenary in 2013, bowls has been played in Truro for centuries. A 1680 map names The Bowling Green, and Cornish historian Richard Polwhele recorded bowls being played there in the 1780s.
The formal club was proposed at a meeting on 10 April 1913, presided over by the Mayor, W. G. Goodfellow. The former Kenwyn Tennis Club ground was available, the pavilion and fittings could be acquired for GBP30, and 53 members were already signed up.
The green was formally opened on Friday 9 May 1913 by the Mayor, who threw the first jack. The club has changed and improved its premises over the years, including major clubhouse work in 1992, further changing-room improvements in 1996, and an extension in 2014.
Ladies were admitted as associate members in 1937 and became full members in 1994. The Mayor of Truro remains the club patron and continues the April tradition of bowling the first wood of the season.
The club has won many honours and has hosted county matches and touring sides. In the closed season, the clubhouse is used for social events and short mat bowling.