Brea, Cornwall

Brea
Cornish: *Bre*
Brea Cornish: Bre;
	Higher Brea
	Brea Location within Cornwall
Unitary authority	Cornwall;
Ceremonial county	Cornwall;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Camborne
Postcode district	TR14
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
	List of places UK England Cornwall 50°12′39″N 5°16′17″W / 50.2109°N 5.2715°W

Brea (Cornish: Bre)^[1] is a village in Cornwall, England, UK, between the towns of Camborne and Redruth.^[2] It is in 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[edit]

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

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[1] 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.

[OS203-2] 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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