Truro (/ˈtrʊəroʊ/; Cornish: Truru) is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Truro is Cornwall's county town and only city, its centre for administration, leisure and retail and had a population recorded in the 2011 census of 18,766. It is the most southern city in mainland Great Britain. People from Truro are known as Truronians.
Population: 22,044
Latitude: 50° 15' 54.94" N
Longitude: -5° 03' 15.70" W
Cornwall (/ˈkɔrnwɔːl/ or /ˈkɔrnwəl/; Cornish: Kernow, [ˈkɛɹnɔʊ]) is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area of England within the United Kingdom. Cornwall is a peninsula bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the En…
Truro and Falmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Sarah Newton, a Conservative.
St Austell and Newquay is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Steve Double, a Conservative.
The geography of Cornwall describes the extreme southwestern peninsula of England west of the River Tamar. The population of Cornwall is greater in the less extensive west of the county than the east due to Bodmin Moor's location; however the larger…
Newquay Cornwall Airport (IATA: NQY, ICAO: EGHQ) is the main commercial airport for Cornwall, in South West England, UK, located at Mawgan in Pydar 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) northeast of Newquay on Cornwall's north coast. Its runway was previously opera…
Falmouth University (Cornish: Pennskol Aberfala) is a multi-arts university based in Falmouth and Penryn, Cornwall, England. Founded in 1902, it had previously been the Falmouth School of Art, Falmouth College of Art and Design and then Falmouth Col…
Truro City Football Club (Cornish: Klub Peldroes Truru) is an English football club based in Truro, Cornwall.
The TR postcode area, also known as the Truro postcode area, is a group of 27 postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of 15 post towns. These postcode districts cover west Cornwall, including Truro, Penzance, Camborne, Falmouth, Hayle,…
Pendennis Castle (Cornish: Kastel Penndinas) is one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, or Henrician castle, in the English county of Cornwall. It was built between 1539 - 1545 for King Henry VIII to guard the entrance to the River Fal on its west bank, n…
The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Truro is an Anglican cathedral located in the city of Truro, Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It was built between 1880 and 1910 to a Gothic Revival design by John Loughborough Pearson on the site of the pari…
The Camborne School of Mines (in Cornish, Scoll Balow Cambron) [sic], commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888. Its research and teaching is related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the envi…
St Columb Major (Cornish: S. Colom Veur) is a civil parish and town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Often referred to locally as St Columb, it is situated approximately seven miles (11 km) southwest of Wadebridge and six miles (10 km) east of …
Royal Air Force St Mawgan or more simply RAF St Mawgan is a Royal Air Force station near St Mawgan and Newquay in Cornwall. In 2008 the runway part of the site was handed over to Newquay Airport. The remainder of the station still continues to opera…
Truro and Penwith College is a Tertiary College located in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It was the first Further Education or Tertiary College in the UK to be awarded 'Designated Outstanding Status' by Ofsted. Truro College opened in 1993 and mer…
Wheal Jane is a disused tin mine near Baldhu and Chacewater in West Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Truro School is a coeducational independent day and boarding school in the city of Truro, Cornwall, England, UK.
The Tregothnan Estate is beside the village of St Michael Penkivel 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Truro in Cornwall, England.
Royal Air Force Station St Eval or RAF St Eval was a strategic Royal Air Force station for the RAF Coastal Command during the Second World War (situated in Cornwall, England, UK). St Eval's primary role was to provided anti-submarine and anti-shippi…