Carpalla
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Cornwall
- Also known as: “Carpalla, Cornwall” and “Karnpella”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wheal Martyn and South Terras mine.
Wheal Martyn
Museum
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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 Carpalla.
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 Carpalla.
Brannel School
School
Brannel School is a co-educational secondary school located in St Stephen-in-Brannel, in Cornwall, England, UK. There are around 750 children aged 11–16 on roll. Brannel School is situated 1½ miles southwest of Carpalla.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foxhole and Hornick.
Foxhole
Village
Photo: Gasheadsteve, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
High Street
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Street is a hamlet east of St Stephen-in-Brannel in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has the A3058 road running through it and has the T-junction between the A3058 and the B-road to Nanpean and Foxhole.
Carpalla
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: St. Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.35199° or 50° 21′ 7″ northLongitude
-4.85939° or 4° 51′ 34″ westElevation
584 feet (178 metres)Open location code
9C2Q942R+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1594842725OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Carpalla” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Carpalla”
- Cornish: “Karnpella”
- Dutch: “Carpalla”
- French: “Carpalla”
- Irish: “Carpalla”
- Welsh: “Carpalla”
- Welsh: “Karnpella”
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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 “Carpalla”. Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.