West Tolgus
West Tolgus is a village in the Tolgus Valley in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies just off the A30 road south of Illogan, northeast of Camborne and northwest of Redruth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rog Frost, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “West Tolgus, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include East Pool mine and Camborne Redruth Community Hospital.
East Pool mine
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Pool mine, was a metalliferous mine in the Camborne and Redruth mining area, just east of the village of Pool in Cornwall. Worked from the early 18th century until 1945, first for copper and later tin, it was very profitable for much of its life.
Camborne Redruth Community Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Camborne Redruth Community Hospital is a National Health Service hospital in Cornwall, England. It is managed by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Kresen Kernow
Government office
Photo: KresenKernow, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kresen Kernow in Redruth, United Kingdom is Cornwall's archive centre, home to the world's biggest collection of archive and library material related to Cornwall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broad Lane and Park Bottom.
Broad Lane
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broad Lane is a hamlet in the civil parish of Carn Brea near Illogan in Cornwall, England, UK. The current Methodist chapel of Broad Lane was built in 1887.
Park Bottom
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Park Bottom is a hamlet north of Pool and near Illogan in west Cornwall, England. The village centers around one junction in the lower part of the town.
Illogan Highway
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Illogan Highway is a village on the A30 main road west of Redruth in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the civil parish of Carn Brea. Thomas Merritt, who composed several Christmas carols, including "Hark the Glad Sound!
West Tolgus
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Carn Brea, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.23822° or 50° 14′ 18″ northLongitude
-5.25827° or 5° 15′ 30″ westElevation
289 feet (88 metres)Open location code
9C2P6PQR+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1623436851OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“West Tolgus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وست تلغوس”
- Basque: “West Tolgus”
- Dutch: “West Tolgus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وست تلجوس”
- French: “West Tolgus”
- Irish: “West Tolgus”
- Welsh: “West Tolgus”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Illogan and Sparnon Gate.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Redruth Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Broad Lane Methodist Church.
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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 “West Tolgus”. Photo: Rog Frost, CC BY-SA 2.0.