Mylor Bridge

Mylor Bridge
Cornish: Ponsnowydh
Mylor Bridge

 Mylor Bridge shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW804363
Parish Mylor
Unitary authority Cornwall
Ceremonial county Cornwall
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town FALMOUTH
Postcode district TR11
Dialling code 01326
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Truro and Falmouth
List of places: UK • England • Cornwall

Mylor Bridge (Cornish: Ponsnowydh) is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in Mylor civil parish at the head of Mylor Creek approximately five miles north of Falmouth.[1]

Mylor Bridge has a post office, newsagent, grocery store, fishmonger, butcher's shop and a pub called the Lemon Arms. The village also has a dental surgery and a primary school[2]. The parish church of Saint Mylor is in the nearby village of Mylor Churchtown.[3]

Governance

The village is represented as Penryn East and Mylor on Cornwall Council.[4] It was formerly in the Falmouth and Camborne parliamentary electoral constituency; from 2010 it will be in the Falmouth and Truro constituency.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 9780319231494
  2. ^ Mylor Bridge Primary School; Retrieved April 2010
  3. ^ GENUKI website; Mylor. Retrieved April 2010
  4. ^ Cornwall Council website. Retrieved April 2010
  5. ^ Politics.co.uk website; Retrieved April 2010
  6. ^ BBC website; Election constituencies; Truro and falmouth. Retrieved April 2001