Carnon Downs

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Carnon Downs
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Carnon Downs
Location within Cornwall
Population1,363 
OS grid reference SW800404
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Truro
Postcode district TR3
Dialling code 01872
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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.

Bissoe Road, Carnon Downs Blissoe Road, Carnon Downs - geograph.org.uk - 149060.jpg
Bissoe Road, Carnon Downs

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References

  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

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  1. "Population of Carnon Downs". City Population.de.