Foxhole
Foxhole is a village in mid Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It lies within the parish of St Stephen-in-Brannel, and has a primary school. Foxhole lies on the B3279 road between St Austell and Newquay and is contiguous with the neighbouring village of Carpalla, home to a china clay pit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England
- Also known as: “Foxhole, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wheal Martyn and South Terras mine.
Wheal Martyn
Museum
Photo: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum is a museum of china clay mining, at Carthew, on the B3274 road about 2 miles north of St Austell in Cornwall, England. A Victorian clay works has been preserved, and there is an exhibition building. Wheal Martyn is situated 2½ miles east of Foxhole.
South Terras mine
Forest
South Terras Mine is a disused uranium and radium mine near Grampound Road and St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. Prior to producing primarily radioactive ores, it also produced tin, iron, and ochre. South Terras mine is situated 2½ miles southwest of Foxhole.
Church of St Dennis
Church
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Dennis is situated 2½ miles northwest of Foxhole.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carpalla and Nanpean.
Carpalla
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carpalla is a hamlet that lies in the china clay mining area of central Cornwall, near St Austell, in South West England. It is home to a disused china clay mine.
Nanpean
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nanpean is a village in the civil parish of St Stephen-in-Brannel in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The B3279 road runs through the village which is approximately 4 miles north-west of St Austell in the heart of 'clay country', the china clay mining area of mid-Cornwall.
Foxhole
- Category: locality
- Location: St. Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.35798° or 50° 21′ 29″ northLongitude
-4.86248° or 4° 51′ 45″ westElevation
640 feet (195 metres)Open location code
9C2Q945Q+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 1717799879OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Foxhole” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فكسهل”
- Basque: “Foxhole (Kornualles)”
- Basque: “Foxhole”
- Cornish: “Tollowarn”
- Dutch: “Foxhole, Cornwall”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فكسهل”
- French: “Foxhole”
- Irish: “Tollowarn”
- Polish: “Foxhole (Kornwalia)”
- Polish: “Foxhole”
- Swedish: “Foxhole”
- Welsh: “Foxhole, Cernyw”
- Welsh: “Tollowarn”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Foxhole Post Office and Foxhole Learning Academy.
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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 “Foxhole”. Photo: Gasheadsteve, CC BY-SA 3.0.