Kea
Kea is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a "large straggling parish" in a former mining area south of Truro. Kea village is situated just over one mile southwest of Truro. Old Kea is situated two miles to the east on the west bank of the Truro River at grid reference SW 843 417.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 1,610 residents
- Description: village in Cornwall, England
- Also known as: “Kea civil parish”, “Kea Civil Parish”, and “Kea, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include All Hallows Church Of Saint Kea and Plen-an-gwary.
Plen-an-gwary
Archaeological site
A plen-an-gwarry or plain-an-gwary, is a "playing-place" or round, a medieval amphitheatre found in Cornwall. A circular outdoor space used for plays, sports, and public events, the plen-an-gwary was a Cornish variant of a construction style found across Great Britain.
Truro High School
School
Truro High School for Girls is a private day and boarding school for girls in Truro, Cornwall. The school consists of a girls-only prep school, senior school and sixth form. It is a member of the Girls' Schools Association.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calenick and Playing Place.
Calenick
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calenick is a hamlet in the civil parish of Kea, about a mile south of Truro in Cornwall, England, UK. It is at the head of Calenick Creek, which opens into the River Truro near Sunny Corner.
Playing Place
Village
Photo: Fred James, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Playing Place is a village southwest of Truro, Cornwall, England. It is to the east of the A39 road. The name derives from Cornish 'plain an gwarry', an open-air performance area used historically for entertainment and instruction.
Penelewey
Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penelewey is a hamlet southeast of Playing Place in Cornwall, England, UK. Penelewey is on the B3289 road.
Kea
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Kea, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.24474° or 50° 14′ 41″ northLongitude
-5.07231° or 5° 4′ 20″ westPopulation
1,610Elevation
180 feet (55 metres)Open location code
9C2P6WVH+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 3923928067OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2645919Wikidata ID
Q2287944
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Kea” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غفت”
- Basque: “Kea (Kornualles)”
- Basque: “Kea”
- Cebuano: “Kea (distrito sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
- Cebuano: “Kea”
- Chinese: “Kea”
- Cornish: “Ke”
- Cornish: “Pluw Ge”
- Dutch: “Kea”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جفت”
- French: “Kea”
- Irish: “Kea”
- Italian: “Kea (Cornovaglia)”
- Italian: “Kea”
- Ladin: “Kea”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kea (Cornwall)”
- Persian: “کی، کورنوال”
- Polish: “Kea”
- Swedish: “Kea, Cornwall”
- Swedish: “Kea”
- Turkish: “Kea, Cornwall”
- Welsh: “Kea, Cernyw”
- Welsh: “Kea”
- Welsh: “Pluw Ge”
- “Kea”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Killiow Golf Course Club House and Kea Community Primary School.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kea”. Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.