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Launceston

Launceston is a town of 9,200 people in . Visitors come to see the 11th-century Launceston Castle, and the Launceston narrow-gauge heritage steam railway.
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  • Type: Town with 7,140 residents
  • Description: town, ancient borough, and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Launceston, Cornwall”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Launceston Castle and St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Launceston.

Park
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is located in the town of Launceston, Cornwall, England. It was probably built by Robert the Count of Mortain after 1068, and initially comprised an earthwork and timber castle with a large motte in one corner.

Church
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St Mary Magdalene's Church, Launceston is a Grade I listed in the Church of England in Launceston, Cornwall. It is unusual for its carvings; the entire exterior of the original part of the church is built of carved granite blocks.

Railway station
was situated in Launceston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was served by both the Great Western Railway and London and South Western Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lawhitton and St Stephens by Launceston Rural.

Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the civil parish of Rural, in east , England, United Kingdom. The village is situated two miles southwest of Launceston and half-a-mile west of Cornwall's border with at the .

Village
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is a civil parish in the east of , England, United Kingdom. The modern parish was created in 1894 from the part of the ancient parish of St Stephen, also known as St Stephens by Launceston, which lay outside the borough boundaries of Launceston.

Village
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is a village in , two and a half miles north of Launceston.

Launceston

Latitude
50.6365° or 50° 38′ 11″ north
Longitude
-4.3604° or 4° 21′ 38″ west
Population
7,140
Elevation
443 feet (135 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB LAU
Open location code
9C2QJJPQ+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3099722186
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2644811
Wiki­data ID
Q287590
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Launceston” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Լոնսեստոն”
  • Asturian: “Launceston”
  • Basque: “Launceston (Kornualles)”
  • Basque: “Launceston”
  • Bengali: “লন্সেস্টন”
  • Breton: “Lannstefan”
  • Breton: “Lannstevan”
  • Catalan: “Launceston”
  • Cebuano: “Launceston”
  • Chinese: “Launceston”
  • Chinese: “劳恩萨斯顿”
  • Chinese: “勞恩薩斯頓”
  • Chinese: “朗塞斯通”
  • Chinese: “朗塞斯頓”
  • Cornish: “Lannstefan”
  • Cornish: “Lannstevan”
  • Cornish: “Lansen”
  • Cornish: “Lanstefan”
  • Dutch: “Launceston”
  • French: “Launceston”
  • German: “Launceston”
  • Greek: “Λόνστον”
  • Gujarati: “લૉનસેસ્ટન”
  • Hebrew: “לאונססטון”
  • Hungarian: “cornwll launceston”
  • Irish: “Lannstefan”
  • Irish: “Launceston”
  • Italian: “Launceston”
  • Japanese: “ローンセストン”
  • Kannada: “ಲಾನ್ಸೆಸ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “론세스턴”
  • Ladin: “Launceston”
  • Latin: “Duneuetum”
  • Latin: “Launceston”
  • Lithuanian: “Launcestonas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Launceston (Cornwall)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Launceston”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lannstefan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Launceston i Cornwall”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Dūnhēafod”
  • Persian: “لانستون، کورن‌وال”
  • Polish: “Launceston”
  • Portuguese: “Launceston”
  • Romanian: “Launceston, Cornwall”
  • Romanian: “Launceston”
  • Russian: “Лонсестон”
  • Russian: “Лонстон”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lannstefan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Launceston”
  • Slovenian: “Launceston”
  • Spanish: “Launceston”
  • Swedish: “Dunhuet”
  • Swedish: “Launceston, Cornwall”
  • Swedish: “Launceston”
  • Tamil: “லான்சிஸ்டன்”
  • Telugu: “లవన్స్టన్”
  • Turkish: “Launceston, Cornwall”
  • Ukrainian: “Лонсестон”
  • Urdu: “لاونکیسٹن”
  • Volapük: “Lannstefan”
  • Volapük: “Launceston”
  • Welsh: “Lannstefan”
  • Welsh: “Lannstevan”
  • Welsh: “Launceston, Cernyw”

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