Beacon

Beacon is a village in , , . Beacon is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Camborne railway station and King Edward Mine.

Railway station
Photo: Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0.
serves the town of , in , England. It is 313 miles 40 chains from . The station is managed by Great Western Railway, which operates most services along with CrossCountry.

Museum
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The at , , in the United Kingdom is a mine owned by Cornwall Council. At the end of the 19th century, students at the Camborne School of Mines spent much of their time doing practical mining and tin dressing work in the local tin mines.

Library
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Knave-Go-By and Camborne.

Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village located on the outskirts of in the county of in the region of the . It is in the TR14 postcode area.

Town
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town and civil parish in , England. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 23,831 and the population of the built-up area was 20,450.

Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England, UK, between the towns of and . It is in the civil parish of and consists of , Lower , and Higher .

Beacon

Latitude
50.20622° or 50° 12′ 22″ north
Longitude
-5.28611° or 5° 17′ 10″ west
Open location code
9C2P6P47+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 561548816
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q116887325
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Beacon” goes by many names.
  • Cornish: “Tansys”

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