Madron
Madron is a civil parish and village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Madron is named after Saint Madern's Church. Its annual Trafalgar Service commemorating the death of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson was started on 27 October 1946, following a local tradition that his death was first announced on British soil in the Union Hotel, Penzance.- Village with about 1,630 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 390 feet (120 metres)
- Description: civil parish and village in west Cornwall, England
- Also known as“Madron civil parish”“Madron CP”“Madron, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Maddern’s Church, Madron and Trengwainton Garden.
St Maddern’s Church, Madron
Church
St Maddern's Church is the parish church of Madron…
Trengwainton Garden
Garden
Trengwainton is a garden situated in Madron, near…
Mounts Bay Academy
School
Mounts Bay Academy is an academy school in Heamoor, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Madron and Sancreed and Heamoor.
Madron and Sancreed
Madron and Sancreed are the two landlocked parishes on the Penwith peninsula in West Cornwall.
Madron
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Latitude
50.13282° or 50° 7′ 58″ north
Longitude
-5.56648° or 5° 33′ 59″ west
Open location code
9C2P4CMM+4C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Madron” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Madron”
- Cebuano: “Madron (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Madron”
- Cornish: “Eglosmadern”
- Cornish: “Eglosvadern”
- Dutch: “Madron”
- French: “Madron”
- German: “Madron (Cornwall)”
- German: “Madron”
- Irish: “Madron”
- Japanese: “マドロン”
- Ladin: “Madron”
- Persian: “مدرون”
- Polish: “Madron”
- Spanish: “Madron”
- Swedish: “Madron, Cornwall”
- Swedish: “Madron”
- Turkish: “Madron”
- Welsh: “Eglosmadern”
- Welsh: “Madron”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bosoljack and Tremearn.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Madron Methodist Church and Madron Cemetery.
Cornwall: Highlights
Learn more about Truro and Penzance.
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