Camborne

Camborne
Commercial Square, Camborne Town Centre
Camborne is located in Cornwall
Camborne
Camborne
Location within Cornwall
Population21,600 (2013)
OS grid referenceSW645400
Civil parish
  • Camborne
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCAMBORNE
Postcode districtTR14
Dialling code01209
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°12′47″N 5°18′00″W / 50.213°N 5.300°W / 50.213; -5.300

Camborne (from Cornish Cambron, "crooked hill")[1] is a town in Cornwall, England.[2][3] The population at the 2011 Census was 20,845.[4][5][6] The northern edge of the parish includes a section of the South West Coast Path, Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove.

Camborne was formerly one of the richest tin mining areas in the world and home to the Camborne School of Mines.

  1. ^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010). The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. Cambridge University Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-521-16855-7.
  2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Camborne" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
  4. ^ Office for National Statistics, Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics, Area: Camborne parish
  5. ^ "Data from the 2011 Census (Office for National Statistics)". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  6. ^ Cornwall; Explore Britain