Kresen Kernow
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.Photo: KresenKernow, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: Tuesday—Saturday 9:30 AM—4:30 PM
- Email: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk
- Type: Government office
- Description: archive and county record office for Cornwall
- Also known as: “Archives and Cornish Studies Service” and “Cornwall Record Office”
- Address: Little Vauxhall, Redruth, TR15 1AS
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Redruth railway station and Camborne Redruth Community Hospital.
Redruth railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.
Redruth station serves the town of Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom; it is situated on the Cornish Main Line between Truro and Camborne. The station is 309 miles 68 chains down the line from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. Redruth railway station is situated 2,100 feet east of Kresen Kernow.
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. Camborne Redruth Community Hospital is situated 3,400 feet southwest of Kresen Kernow.
Carn Brea Castle
Restaurant
Photo: Bengoeswild, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carn Brea Castle on Carn Brea is a 14th-century grade II listed granite stone building which was extensively remodelled in the 18th century as a hunting lodge in the style of a castle for the Basset family. The building is in private use as a restaurant. Carn Brea Castle is situated 1 mile southwest of Kresen Kernow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Tolgus and Illogan Highway.
West Tolgus
Hamlet
Photo: Rog Frost, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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!
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.
Kresen Kernow
- Categories: county record office, building, office, and government building
- Location: Redruth, North Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.23501° or 50° 14′ 6″ northLongitude
-5.23449° or 5° 14′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C2P6QP8+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 770465644OpenStreetMap feature
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office=governmentWikidata ID
Q5172006
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In Other Languages
From Cornish to Spanish—“Kresen Kernow” goes by many names.
- Cornish: “Kresen Kernow”
- Dutch: “Cornwall Record Office”
- French: “Cornwall Record Office”
- German: “Cornwall Record Office”
- Italian: “Cornwall Record Office”
- Spanish: “Cornwall Record Office”
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