St Stephen-in-Brannel

"Terras, Cornwall" redirects here. For the crossing of the River Looe, see Terras Bridge.

St Stephen-in-Brannel
St Stephen-in-Brannel is located in Cornwall
St Stephen-in-Brannel
St Stephen-in-Brannel
Location within Cornwall
Population7,240 (parish, 2011 Census)
Civil parish
  • St Stephen-in-Brannel
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSt Austell
Postcode districtPL26
Dialling code01726
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°20′38″N 4°53′28″W / 50.344°N 4.891°W / 50.344; -4.891
The Queens Head pub with St Stephen's church tower beyond

St Stephen-in-Brannel (known locally as St Stephen's or St Stephen) (Cornish: Eglosstefan yn Branel) is a civil parish and village in mid Cornwall, England. The village is four miles (6.5 km) west of St Austell on the southern edge of Cornwall's china clay district.[1] The parish also contains the villages of Foxhole, Nanpean, Treviscoe and Whitemoor, and the hamlets of Carpalla, Coombe, Currian Vale, High Street, Hornick, Lanjeth, Stepaside and Terras. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 7,119.[2] An electoral ward also exists, bearing the name St. Stephen. The population at the same census was 4,772 only.[3]

Within the parish, at Tolgarrick mill, is one of only two uranium and radium mines in the United Kingdom: South Terras Mine.

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011. Retrieved 4 Feb 2015".
  3. ^ "Ward population 2011. Retrieved 14 Feb 2015".