Carlyon
Civil parish in Cornwall, England
Human settlement in England
50°20′14″N 4°44′15″W / 50.33724°N 4.73742°W / 50.33724; -4.73742 Carlyon (Cornish: Karleghyon,[1] meaning fort of rock-slabs) is one of four new civil parishes created on 1 April 2009 for the St Austell area of south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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The new parish is part coastal and part rural in character. It includes the settlements of Carlyon Bay, Garker and Tregrehan Mills and is represented by nine councillors.[2][3] In 2021 it had a population of 1578.[4]
Carlyon Bay, the principal settlement in the parish, is approximately two miles (3 km) east of St Austell.[5]
References
- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^ Cornwall Council website; Retrieved May 2010
- ^ Cornwall; Explore Britain
- ^ "Carlyon". City Population. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
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Cornwall Portal
- Cornwall Council
- Council of the Isles of Scilly
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- Bude
- Callington
- Camborne
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- Falmouth
- Fowey
- Hayle
- Helston
- Hugh Town
- Launceston
- Liskeard
- Looe
- Lostwithiel
- Marazion
- Newlyn
- Newquay
- Padstow
- Penryn
- Penzance
- Porthleven
- Redruth
- St Austell
- St Blazey
- St Columb Major
- St Ives
- St Just in Penwith
- Saltash
- Stratton
- Torpoint
- Truro
- Wadebridge
See also: List of civil parishes in Cornwall