Mylor Bridge

Mylor Bridge

Mylor Bridge
Mylor Bridge
Mylor Bridge shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW804363
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town FALMOUTH
Postcode district TR11
Dialling code 01326
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament

Mylor Bridge(Cornish: Ponsnowyth)[1] is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in Mylor civil parish at the head of Mylor Creek, about five miles north of Falmouth.[2]

Found in Mylor Bridge are a Post Office/Newsagents, grocery store, fishmonger, hairdressers, butcher's shop and a public house called the Lemon Arms. The village also has a primary school.[3] The parish church of Saint Mylor is in the nearby village of Mylor Churchtown.[4]

Mylor Bridge lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.

Governance

The village is represented as Penryn East and Mylor on Cornwall Council.[5] It was formerly in the Falmouth and Camborne parliamentary electoral constituency; from 2010 it will be in the Truro and Falmouth constituency[6]. Notably, the current Member for Parliament (MP) for Truro and Falmouth, Sarah Newton, lives on Church Road in Mylor Bridge. .

References

  1. ↑ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
  3. ↑ Mylor Bridge Primary School; Retrieved April 2010
  4. ↑ GENUKI website; Mylor. Retrieved April 2010
  5. ↑ Cornwall Council website. Retrieved April 2010
  6. ↑ http://cornish-place-names.wikidot.com/truro-and-falmouth-parliamentary-constituency
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