Carnon Downs

Carnon Downs Cornish: Goon Karnen
Carnon Downs Location within Cornwall
Population	1,363
OS grid reference	SW800404
Shire county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Truro
Postcode district	TR3
Dialling code	01872
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
List of places UK England Cornwall 50°13′21″N5°05′15″W / 50.22238°N 5.08755°W / 50.22238; -5.08755

Carnon Downs (Cornish : Goon Karnen) ^[1] is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about three miles southwest of Truro on the A39 Truro to Falmouth road. ^[2]

Carnon Downs is in the civil parish of Feock (the population at the 2011 census included here), and consists mostly of bungalows, and detached housing built in the latter half of the 20th century. ^{[ citation needed ]}

Bissoe Road, Carnon Downs

Cornish wrestling

A Cornish wrestling tournament was held at Algarnick Farm in Carnon Downs in 1983. ^{[3] [4]}

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 One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190. 1961
3. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser 15 August 1983.
4. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 1 August 1983.