Redruth

Redruth is a town in North Cornwall. The town also has a long history of tin mining and is the home of Rodda's, a dairy that is the largest producer of Cornish clotted cream.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Redruth railway station and Kresen Kernow.

Redruth railway station

Railway station

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Redruth station serves the town of Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom; it is situated on the Cornish Main Line between Truro and Camborne. The station is 309 miles 68 chains down the line from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay.

Kresen Kernow

Government office

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Kresen Kernow in Redruth, United Kingdom is Cornwall's archive centre, home to the world's biggest collection of archive and library material related to Cornwall.

Camborne Redruth Community Hospital

Hospital

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The Camborne Redruth Community Hospital is a National Health Service hospital in Cornwall, England. It is managed by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camborne and St Day.

Camborne

Town

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Camborne is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 23,831 and the population of the built-up area was 20,450. Camborne is situated 3½ miles southwest of Redruth.

St Day

Village

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

St Day is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is positioned between the village of Chacewater and the town of Redruth. The electoral ward St Day and Lanner had a population of 4,473 according to the 2011 census.

Redruth

Type: Locality
Location: Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.2386° or 50° 14′ 19″ north

Longitude

-5.2291° or 5° 13′ 45″ west

Elevation

341 feet (104 metres)

Open location code

9C2P6QQC+F9

GeoNames ID

7294442

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