Carnon Downs
| Carnon Downs | |
| Cornish: Goon Karnen | |
  Carnon Downs |
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| OS grid reference | SW800404 |
|---|---|
| Shire county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Truro |
| Postcode district | TR3 |
| Dialling code | 01872 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
Coordinates: 50°13′21″N 5°05′15″W / 50.22238°N 5.08755°W
Carnon Downs (Cornish: Goon Karnen)[1] is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about three miles southwest of Truro on the A39 Truro to Falmouth road.[2]
Carnon Downs is in the civil parish of Feock and consists mostly of bungalows and detached housing built in the latter half of the 20th century. It also has a post office, shops, doctor's surgery, village hall, caravan site, hotel, pub/restaurant and a garden centre.
Blissoe Road, Carnon Downs
References
- ↑ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190. 1961
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