Brea, Cornwall

Brea
Cornish: Bre
Brea
 Brea shown within Cornwall
Unitary authorityCornwall
Ceremonial countyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district TR14
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
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Coordinates: 50°12′39″N 5°16′17″W / 50.2109°N 5.2715°W / 50.2109; -5.2715

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. 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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