Brea, Cornwall

Brea Cornish: Bre
Higher Brea
Brea Location within Cornwall
Unitary authority	Cornwall
Ceremonial county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Camborne
Postcode district	TR14
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
List of places UK England Cornwall 50°12′39″N5°16′17″W / 50.2109°N 5.2715°W / 50.2109; -5.2715

Brea (Cornish : Bre) ^[1] is a village in Cornwall, England, UK, between the towns of Camborne and Redruth. ^[2] It is in the civil parish of Carn Brea and consists of Brea, Lower Brea, and Higher Brea. A small stream, the Red River, flows through the village and a hill, Carn Brea dominates the landscape to the east, along with its monument to Francis Basset. ^[3]

References

• Cornwall portal

1. Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine  : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine . Cornish Language Partnership.
2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN   9780319232897.
3. Ordnance Survey (1961) One-inch Map of Great Britain: Land's End, sheet 189