Camborne
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Camborne (, meaning "crooked hill") is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 23,831 and the population of the built up area was 20,450. The town lies about inland, but the northern boundary of the parish is the coast, including Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove. The coast is followed by the South West Coast Path. As well as Camborne itself, the parish also includes a number of hamlets.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Camborne
- UK place.cornish_name
- Kammbronn
- UK place.static_image_name
- Camborne Commercial Square.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Commercial Square, Camborne Town Centre
- UK place.static_image_2
- Coat of arms of Camborne, Cornwall.svg
- UK place.static_image_2_width
- 100
- UK place.static_image_2_caption
- Coat of arms
- UK place.civil_parish
- Camborne
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.website
- www.camborne-tc.gov.uk
- UK place.population
- 23,831
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Camborne and Redruth
- UK place.post_town
- CAMBORNE
- UK place.postcode_district
- TR14
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- History
- Early history
- Mining
- Mining related
- Camborne School of Mines
- Steam locomotion
- Cornish language
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Church history
- Transport
- Sport
- Cornish wrestling
- Education
- Twinning
- Culture
- Music
- Literature and film
- Notable people
- Sport
- References
- External links
Camborne (, meaning "crooked hill") is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 23,831 and the population of the built up area was 20,450. The town lies about inland, but the northern boundary of the parish is the coast, including Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove. The coast is followed by the South West Coast Path. As well as Camborne itself, the parish also includes a number of hamlets.
Camborne was formerly one of the most significant tin mining areas in the world. It is home to the Camborne School of Mines.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Camborne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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