Carnon Downs
Carnon Downs is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about three miles southwest of Truro on the A39 Truro to Falmouth road. Carnon Downs is in the civil parish of Feock, and consists mostly of bungalows, and detached housing built in the latter half of the 20th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 1,360 residents
- Description: village in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Carnon Downs, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Saint John and Saint Petroc and Perranwell railway station.
Perranwell railway station
Railway stop
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Playing Place and Penelewey.
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.
Goon Piper
Hamlet
Photo: Fred James, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Goon Piper is a hamlet in the parish of Feock, Cornwall, England.
Carnon Downs
- Category: locality
- Location: Feock, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.2224° or 50° 13′ 21″ northLongitude
-5.08749° or 5° 5′ 15″ westPopulation
1,360Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)Open location code
9C2P6WC7+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 736244967OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11593127Wikidata ID
Q5044160
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Carnon Downs” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كرن دونس”
- Basque: “Carnon Downs”
- Cornish: “Goon Garnon”
- Dutch: “Carnon Downs”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كرن دونس”
- French: “Carnon Downs”
- Irish: “Carnon Downs”
- Polish: “Carnon Downs”
- Spanish: “Carnon Downs”
- Swedish: “Carnon Downs”
- Welsh: “Carnon Downs”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Devoran and Chycoose.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Carnon Downs Post Office and Jubilee Wood.
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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 “Carnon Downs”. Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.