Gwennap

Gwennap is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about five miles southeast of Redruth. Hamlets of Burncoose, Comford, Coombe, Crofthandy, Cusgarne, Fernsplatt, Frogpool, Hick's Mill, Tresamble and United Downs lie in the parish, as does Little Beside country house.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Perranwell railway station and Church of Saint Wenappa.

Perranwell railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Perranwell station is on the Maritime Line between Truro and Falmouth Docks in Cornwall, England. The station is managed by, and the services are operated by, Great Western Railway. Perranwell railway station is situated 2 miles east of Gwennap.

Church of Saint Wenappa

Church

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carharrack Methodist Church

Church

Photo: Paul Barnett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Redruth and Ponsanooth.

Redruth

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Ponsanooth

Village

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ponsanooth is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about four miles southeast of Redruth and two and a half miles northwest of Penryn on the A393 road Redruth to Falmouth road.

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.

Gwennap

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

50.2231° or 50° 13′ 23″ north

Longitude

-5.1607° or 5° 9′ 39″ west

Elevation

164 feet (50 metres)

Open location code

9C2P6RFQ+6P

GeoNames ID

7294624

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