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Carnon Downs
OS grid referenceSW800404
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTruro
Postcode districtTR3
Dialling code01872
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190. 1961