Canon’s Town

Canon's Town or Canonstown is a hamlet in west , England, UK, situated on the A30 road in the civil parish of , between and . It is southwest of . It is in the civil parish of .
Wikipedia
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: village in Cornwall, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Canonstown” and “Canonstown, Cornwall”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Erth railway station and Lelant Saltings railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Chris Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Grade II listed station situated at in , United Kingdom. It serves the nearby village of , which is about 0.75 miles away, and is the junction for the St Ives Bay Line to .

Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
opened on 27 May 1978 to provide a park and ride facility for visitors to , , England. It is situated on the A3074 road close to the junction with the A30 near the foot of the hill up to village.

Photo: Crispin Purdye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, or Trecrobben, is a prominent hill fort, owned by the National Trust, near , Cornwall. It is crowned by an univallate Neolithic tor enclosure and was re-used as a hillfort in the Iron Age.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rose-an-Grouse and Lelant Downs.

Hamlet
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of in west , England. It is on the A30 road, east of Canon's Town, and is on the southern side of the hamlet.

Hamlet
Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the parish of , , England.

Photo: dennis white, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a civil parish and village in , England, United Kingdom. takes its name from Saint Erc, one of the many Irish saints who brought Christianity to Cornwall during the Dark Ages, and is at the old crossing point of the .

Canon’s Town

Latitude
50.16686° or 50° 10′ 1″ north
Longitude
-5.45424° or 5° 27′ 15″ west
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
Open location code
9C2P5G8W+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29172764
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
12262230
Wiki­data ID
Q5033416
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Canon’s Town” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Canon’s Town”
  • Cornish: “Trejenon”
  • Dutch: “Canonstown”
  • French: “Canonstown”
  • Irish: “Canonstown”
  • Italian: “Canon’s Town”
  • Polish: “Canonstown”
  • Spanish: “Canon’s Town”
  • Swedish: “Canonstown”
  • Welsh: “Canonstown”
  • Welsh: “Trejenon”

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