Brea ( kw, Bre) is a village in
Cornwall, England, UK, between the towns of
Camborne
Camborne ( kw, Kammbronn) is a town in Cornwall, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 20,845. The northern edge of the parish includes a section of the South West Coast Path, Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove.
Camborne was formerl ...
and
Redruth
Redruth ( , kw, Resrudh) is a town and civil parishes in Cornwall, civil parish in Cornwall, England. The population of Redruth was 14,018 at the 2011 census. In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, which also inc ...
.
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.
[Ordnance Survey (1961) ''One-inch Map of Great Britain: Land's End, sheet 189'']
References
Villages in Cornwall
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