Carnon Downs Explained

Official Name:Carnon Downs
Country:England
Region:South West England
Population:1363
Os Grid Reference:SW800404
Post Town:Truro
Postcode Area:TR
Postcode District:TR3
Dial Code:01872
Shire County:Cornwall
Cornish Name:Goon Karnen
Coordinates:50.2224°N -5.0876°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 (the population at the 2011 census included here), and consists mostly of bungalows, and detached housing built in the latter half of the 20th century.

Cornish wrestling

A Cornish wrestling tournament was held at Algarnick Farm in Carnon Downs in 1983.[3] [4]

References

  1. http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)
  2. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190. 1961
  3. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser 15 August 1983.
  4. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 1 August 1983.