Towns & cities · South West England
Twelveheads
Twelveheads — village in Cornwall, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Perranwell · 3.3 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Twelveheads is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Address: TR4. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Cornwall, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.2387°, -5.1428°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Twelveheads (Cornish: Dewdhek Stamp) is a hamlet east of St Day in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies in the parish of Chacewater, between Truro and Redruth.
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Background
History
The name comes from the hamlet's mining history. Sets of stamps (machines used for crushing ore) were once used on the dressing floors in the village. The stamps had a total of twelve 'heads'. Twelveheads has a Methodist chapel, a simple rectangular structure which is well decorated with a pipe organ in an organ chamber at the front of the chapel. The pipe organ can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register. Billy Bray, the Methodist preacher, was born here. The former village pub and post office are both now private housing. Twelveheads is close to the Coast to Coast cycle route and the former mine known as Wheal Busy. There is also the 'Twelveheads Gate' into the Poldice Valley - the…
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- Coordinates
- 50.2387, -5.1428
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- Chacewater
- Postcode
- TR4
- Parliamentary constituency
- Truro and Falmouth
- Nearest railway station
- Perranwell — 3.3 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q977864 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Twelveheads (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Twelveheads Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 1051215.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Twelveheads?
- Twelveheads is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode TR4), in the parish of Chacewater.
- Is Twelveheads a protected site?
- Yes — Twelveheads is part of the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Twelveheads free to visit?
- Yes, Twelveheads is free to enter.
- How do I get to Twelveheads?
- The nearest railway station is Perranwell, about 3.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TR4.