Goonhavern ( kw, Goonhavar) is a village in north

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, England. It is on the A3075

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road, about two miles east of

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. It is in the

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As well as a village store/post office, a garden centre and several campsites, there is a public house named 'The New Inn' in the centre of the village. Until recently, a model village was a visitor attraction beside the B3285 just south-east of Goonhavern. A traditional village show is held in the community hall in July with prizes awarded for the local produce, flower arrangements, art, craft and photography. The name Goonhavern comes from the Cornish language words ''goon'', meaning 'downs', and ''havar'', meaning 'summer fallow land'.

History

A railway branch-line to Perranporth and St Agnes ran through Goonhavern from c.1905 but the line was closed by

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's cuts in the 1960s and today there is little sign of its precise route through the village centre. During

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, on 12 July 1940, three bombs were dropped on Rosehill Farm. Nobody was injured but a bullock was killed.

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