Dunmere is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile northwest of

Bodmin Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor. The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordered ...

in the valley of the

River Camel The River Camel (, meaning ''crooked river'') is a river in Cornwall, England. It rises on the edge of Bodmin Moor and with its tributaries its catchment area covers much of North Cornwall. The river flows into the eastern Celtic Sea between ...

Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' on the A389 road. The former branch of the

Bodmin and Wenford Railway The Bodmin Railway is a heritage railway at Bodmin in Cornwall, England. Its headquarters are at Bodmin General railway station and it connects with the Network Rail, national rail network at . The original line was opened in 1887 and 1888. P ...

Wenfordbridge Wenfordbridge, or Wenford Bridge, is a hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakes ...

crossed the A389 road at Dunmere. This section of the railway now forms part of the

Camel Trail The Camel Trail is a permissive cycleway in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, that provides a recreational route for walkers, runners, cyclists and horse riders. As a rail trail, the route has only a slight incline following the River Camel fr ...

, a

long-distance footpath A long-distance trail (or long-distance footpath, track, way, greenway (landscape), greenway) is a longer recreational trail mainly through rural areas used for hiking, backpacking (wilderness), backpacking, cycling, equestrianism or cross-co ...

and cycle trail. Boscarne Junction railway station, the current terminus of the

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

, is situated a mile (1.6 km) west of Dunmere. Dunmere has a pub, The Borough Arms. Camel river at Dunmere Weir - geograph

Governance

In local government terms, Dunmere is within the civil parish of Bodmin and the unitary authority

Cornwall Council Cornwall Council ( ), known between 1889 and 2009 as Cornwall County Council (), is the local authority which governs the non-metropolitan county of Cornwall in South West England. Since 2009 it has been a Unitary authorities of England, unitary ...

division of Bodmin St Mary's. The Member of Parliament for the North Cornwall constituency is Scott Mann, Conservative.

References

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