Brea, Cornwall

Brea
Brea
Brea shown within Cornwall
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Camborne
Postcode district TR14
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England

Brea (Cornish: Bre)[1] is a village in Cornwall, England, UK situated between the towns of Camborne and Redruth.[2] It is within the civil parish of Carn Brea and consists of Brea, Lower Brea and Higher Brea. A small stream, the Red River, flows through the village and a hill, Carn Brea dominates the landscape to the east, along with its monument to Francis Basset.[3]

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: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 9780319232897.
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey (1961) One-inch Map of Great Britain: Land's End, sheet 189


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