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North Cornwall is the largest of the six local government districts
Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
 of Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. Its council is based in Wadebridge
Wadebridge

Wadebridge is a town in North Cornwall, England, UK, located on the River Camel Estuary some 5 miles upstream from Padstow. For many years Wadebridge was a traffic congested town but in 1991 the Wadebridge bypass was opened together with the Egloshayle bypass causing the two settlements to regain much of their former charm....
 .

Other towns in the district include Bude
Bude

Bude is a small seaside resort town in North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the mouth of the River Neet. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric, France....
, Bodmin
Bodmin

Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
, Launceston
Launceston, Cornwall

Launceston is a town, an ancient borough, and a civil parish in the north of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The form 'Lanson' based on the traditional pronunciation is almost obsolete ....
, Padstow
Padstow

Padstow is a small town, civil parish and cargo port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies within the administrative district of North Cornwall....
, and Camelford
Camelford

Camelford is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The town lies on the River Camel, and a few miles north-west of the highest part of Bodmin Moor....
. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by a merger of the boroughs of Bodmin and Launceston, along with Bude-Stratton
Bude-Stratton

Bude-Stratton is a civil parish with a town council in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 9,242....
 urban district
Urban district

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
 and Camelford Rural District, Launceston Rural District, Stratton Rural District and Wadebridge and Padstow Rural District.

North Cornwall is an area of outstanding natural beauty that is of important geological and scientific interest.






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North Cornwall is the largest of the six local government districts
Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
 of Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. Its council is based in Wadebridge
Wadebridge

Wadebridge is a town in North Cornwall, England, UK, located on the River Camel Estuary some 5 miles upstream from Padstow. For many years Wadebridge was a traffic congested town but in 1991 the Wadebridge bypass was opened together with the Egloshayle bypass causing the two settlements to regain much of their former charm....
 .

Other towns in the district include Bude
Bude

Bude is a small seaside resort town in North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the mouth of the River Neet. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric, France....
, Bodmin
Bodmin

Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
, Launceston
Launceston, Cornwall

Launceston is a town, an ancient borough, and a civil parish in the north of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The form 'Lanson' based on the traditional pronunciation is almost obsolete ....
, Padstow
Padstow

Padstow is a small town, civil parish and cargo port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies within the administrative district of North Cornwall....
, and Camelford
Camelford

Camelford is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The town lies on the River Camel, and a few miles north-west of the highest part of Bodmin Moor....
. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by a merger of the boroughs of Bodmin and Launceston, along with Bude-Stratton
Bude-Stratton

Bude-Stratton is a civil parish with a town council in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 9,242....
 urban district
Urban district

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
 and Camelford Rural District, Launceston Rural District, Stratton Rural District and Wadebridge and Padstow Rural District.

North Cornwall is an area of outstanding natural beauty that is of important geological and scientific interest. It is the only part of Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 that is made of carboniferous
Carboniferous

The Carboniferous is a geologic period that extends from the end of the Devonian period, about 359.2 ? 2.5 annum , to the beginning of the Permian period, about 299.0 ? 0.8 Ma ...
 sandstone. A similar area is covered by the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency
North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)

North Cornwall is a county constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
.

The district will be abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England
2009 structural changes to local government in England

It is planned that during 2009 there will be structural changes to local government in England, whereby a number of new unitary authority will be created in parts of the country which currently operate a 'two-tier' system of Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England and Districts of England....
.

Housing

On 9th January 2008 the 'Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West' (RSS) announced plans to massively increase house-building in Cornwall stating that almost 70,000 new homes would be built by 2026. The findings of the 'Examination in Public' into the RSS, were produced by the unelected South West Regional Assembly
South West Regional Assembly

The South West Regional Assembly is the regional Assemblies in England for the South West England of England, established in 1999. It is based in Taunton....
. The original Draft RSS was published in 2006 and the new figures show another 53% increase. Figures for the new plans included:
  • Caradon
    Caradon

    Caradon is a Non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It contains five towns, Callington, Cornwall, Liskeard, Looe, Saltash and Torpoint, and over 80 villages and hamlets within 41 civil parishes....
     – 6,500 housing units (an increase of 700 on the original document)
  • Carrick
    Carrick, Cornwall

    Carrick is a Non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Truro. The main centres of population, industry and commerce are the city Truro and the towns of Falmouth, Cornwall/Penryn, Cornwall....
     – 10,900 housing units (increase of 900)
  • Kerrier
    Kerrier

    Kerrier is a Non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the most southerly district in the United Kingdom, other than the Isles of Scilly....
     – 14,400 housing units (increase of 6,200)
  • North Cornwall – 13,400 housing units ( increase of 5,800)
  • Penwith
    Penwith

    Penwith is a Non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, whose council is based in Penzance. The district covers all of the Penwith peninsula, the toe-like promontory of land at the western end of Cornwall and which includes an area of land to the east that falls outside the peninsula, being the most westerly distric...
     – 7,800 housing units (increase of 3,000)
  • Restormel
    Restormel

    Restormel is a Borough status in the United Kingdom of Cornwall, United Kingdom, one of the six administrative divisions that make up the county....
     – 15,700 housing units (increase of 7,100).


There has been much concern in Cornwall regarding these proposals and Dick Cole
Dick Cole

Dick Cole is a councillor, and the leader of Mebyon Kernow, a Cornwall autonomist movement since the 1997. He lives in Fraddon, a village in Mid-Cornwall....
, the leader of the Cornish political party Mebyon Kernow
Mebyon Kernow

Mebyon Kernow is a minor political party in the United Kingdom. The main objective of MK is to establish greater autonomy in Cornwall, through the establishment of a legislative Cornish Assembly....
, has issued a statement saying that local housing strategy should be determined by democratically elected Cornish
Cornish people

The Cornish people are regarded as an ethnic group of the United Kingdom originating in Cornwall. They are often described as a Modern Celts....
 politicians.

Parishes of North Cornwall

  • Advent
    Advent, Cornwall

    File:Advent Church-by-Chris-Heaton.jpgAdvent is a civil parish on the north-western edge of Bodmin Moor in north Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is named for St Adwenna and lies in the Registration District of Camelford....
  • Altarnun
    Altarnun

    Altarnun , is a village and civil parish in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is on the north-eastern edge of Bodmin Moor....
  • Blisland
    Blisland

    Blisland is a village and civil parish in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, about seven miles north of Bodmin....
  • Bodmin
    Bodmin

    Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
  • Boyton
    Boyton

    Boyton could be*Boyton, Cornwall*Boyton, Suffolk*Boyton, Wiltshire*An alternate spelling of the surname of the Hambledon cricketer Bayton ...
  • Bude-Stratton
    Bude-Stratton

    Bude-Stratton is a civil parish with a town council in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 9,242....
  • Camelford
    Camelford

    Camelford is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The town lies on the River Camel, and a few miles north-west of the highest part of Bodmin Moor....
  • Cardinham
    Cardinham

    Cardinham is a village and civil parish in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, about 8 miles north east of Bodmin....
  • Davidstow
    Davidstow

    Davidstow is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.The village is located along the A395 road, about 3 miles north of Camelford and 15 miles west of Launceston, Cornwall....
  • Egloshayle
    Egloshayle

    Egloshayle is a small village situated near the banks of the River Camel adjacent to Wadebridge in North Cornwall, United Kingdom.Egloshayle was a Bronze Age settlement and later a river port, rivalling Padstow a little over five miles downriver....
  • Egloskerry
    Egloskerry

    Egloskerry is a village and civil parish located about five miles north west of Launceston, Cornwall in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom....
  • Forrabury and Minster
    Forrabury and Minster

    Forrabury and Minster is a civil parish on the north coast of Cornwall. The parish was originally divided between the coastal parish of Forrabury and inland parish of Minster until they were united in 1779....
  • Helland
    Helland

    Helland is a village and civil parish situated three miles north of Bodmin in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The parish church is dedicated to St Helena of Constantinople, who was the mother of Constantine I....
  • Jacobstow
    Jacobstow

    Jacobstow is a village and civil parish in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall in England, United Kingdom. It should not be confused with Jacobstowe which is in Devon....
  • Kilkhampton
    Kilkhampton

    Kilkhampton is a village in North Cornwall in England, United Kingdom. The population in 2001 was 1,191. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Chilchetone"....
  • Laneast
    Laneast

    Laneast is a small village near Launceston, Cornwall, in Cornwall, England,United Kingdom.It is the birthplace of John Couch Adams, mathematician and astronomer who discovered Neptune....
  • Lanhydrock
  • Lanivet
    Lanivet

    Lanivet is a village and civil parish in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The main village is 2? miles south-west of Bodmin....
  • Launcells
    Launcells

    Launcells is a hamlet in north-east Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is located three miles east of Bude....
  • Launceston
    Launceston, Cornwall

    Launceston is a town, an ancient borough, and a civil parish in the north of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The form 'Lanson' based on the traditional pronunciation is almost obsolete ....
  • Lawhitton Rural
  • Lesnewth
    Lesnewth

    Lesnewth is a hamlet and civil parish situated in North Cornwall in Cornwall, UK.It is bounded on the north by St Juliot, on the east by St Juliot and Davidstow, on the south by Davidstow, and on the west by Minster....
  • Lewannick
    Lewannick

    Lewannick is a village near the town of Launceston, Cornwall in Cornwall, England, UK.Evidence of early medieval habitation at Lewannick is in the form of two inscribed pillar stones, each having text in both Latin and ogham characters; on the basis of the ogham text, these stones have been dated as having been inscribed between the fifth...
  • Lezant
    Lezant

    Lezant is a small village and civil parish in east Cornwall, United Kingdom.The parish of Lezant is in the Launceston, Cornwall registration district....
  • Marhamchurch
    Marhamchurch

    Marhamchurch is a village in North Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village lies two miles inland from Bude off the A39 road to Wadebridge.The Celtic Saint Marwenne around the end of the fifth century founded a hermitage and gave her name to the village....
  • Michaelstow
    Michaelstow

    Michaelstow is a village and civil parish situated in the deanery of Trigg Minor,and Hundred of Lesnewth North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom....
  • Morwenstow
    Morwenstow

    Morwenstow is the most northerly parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is made up of several hamlets including Shop, Woodford, Gooseham, Eastcott, Woolley, Youlestone and Milton....
  • North Hill
    North Hill, Cornwall

    North Hill is a village in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall, United Kingdom....
  • North Petherwin
    North Petherwin

    North Petherwin is a village and civil parish in east Cornwall, United Kingdom. The nearest town is Launceston, Cornwall and the nearest cities are Plymouth, Truro and Exeter....
  • North Tamerton
    North Tamerton

    North Tamerton is a small village and a civil parish in east Cornwall, United Kingdom.The parish is in the registration District of Stratton. The name derives from 'estate on the Tamar' and the parish is bounded to the east by the River Tamar and parishes in Devon....
  • Otterham
    Otterham

    Otterham is a village and a civil parish in north Cornwall, United Kingdom: it is in the Registration District of Camelford.The parish is bounded to the north by St Gennys, to the east by Warbstow, to the south by Davidstow and to the west by St Juliot....
  • Padstow
    Padstow

    Padstow is a small town, civil parish and cargo port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies within the administrative district of North Cornwall....
  • Poundstock
    Poundstock

    Poundstock is a village and a civil parish on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom.The parish is in the Registration District of Stratton....
  • St Breock
    St Breock (parish)

    St Breock is a village and a civil parish in north Cornwall, United Kingdom. St Breock village is 1 mile west of Wadebridge immediately to the south of the Wadebridge#The_Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show....
  • St Breward
    St Breward

    St Breward is a village and civil parish in the North Cornwall District of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located on the western side of Bodmin Moor....
  • St Clether
    St Clether

    St Clether is small village and civil parish on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, UK.St Clether is small village beside the River Inney with the parish church standing some distance away....
  • St Endellion
    St Endellion

    St Endellion is a civil parish in North Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It takes its name from Saint Endelienta, who is said to have evangelized the district in the fifth century and to have been one of the children of Brychan....
  • St Ervan
    St Ervan

    St Ervan is a small rural parish in North Cornwall, England, UK.The parish church has a very unusual tower, it originally stood only 50 feet high and was built in the 14th/15th centuries....
  • St Eval
    St Eval

    St Eval is a small village in North Cornwall, United Kingdom. The old village was acquired by compulsory purchase in 1938 and almost completely demolished in order to build an RAF Coastal Command Station, leaving only the Norman architecture church , the Vicarage, and a single farm called Trevisker....
  • St Gennys
    St Gennys

    St. Gennys is a small village and civil parish in North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village church is also the parish church and is dedicated to Genesius of Arles....
  • St Issey
    St Issey

    St Issey is a small village located about 2.5 miles south of Padstow and approximately 5 miles north of St Columb Major in Cornwall, England, UK....
  • St Juliot
    St Juliot

    St Juliot is a village near Boscastle in north-east Cornwall, UK.In 1870 the famous United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland novelist, short story writer, and poet Thomas Hardy was sent to plan a church restoration at St Juliot....
  • St Kew
  • St Mabyn
    St Mabyn

    St Mabyn is a village and civil parish situated between Wadebridge and Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The village is named after Saint Mabena, one of the 24 children of St Brychan, a Welsh people saint and King of Brycheiniog in the 5th century....
  • St Merryn
    St Merryn

    St Merryn is a village and civil parish in the north of of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. St. Merryn is approximately four miles south of the fishing port of Padstow and approximately eleven miles north-east of the popular coastal resort of Newquay....
  • St Minver Highlands
  • St Minver Lowlands
  • St Stephens by Launceston Rural
  • St Teath
    St Teath

    File:St Teath clock tower-by-Jonathan-Billinger.jpgSt Teath is a small village in North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village church is also the parish church....
  • St Thomas the Apostle Rural
    St Thomas the Apostle Rural

    St Thomas the Apostle Rural is a civil parish in east Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is centred on the village of Tregadillett and is in the Registration District of Launceston, Cornwall....
  • St Tudy
    St Tudy

    St Tudy is a small village close to Bodmin Moor in North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom....
  • South Petherwin
    South Petherwin

    File:South-petherwin-church.jpgSouth Petherwin is a village and civil parish in east Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is in the Registration District of Launceston....
  • Stoke Climsland
    Stoke Climsland

    Stoke Climsland is a village in the River Tamar Valley, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom....
  • Tintagel
    Tintagel

    Tintagel is a village situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Cornwall, in England, United Kingdom. It is in the North Cornwall District and the population of the parish 1,820 persons; area of the parish 4,885 acres....
  • Tremaine
    Tremaine, Cornwall

    Tremaine is a small village and a rural civil parish in east Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is in the Registration District of Launceston and the population in the 2001 census was 87....
  • Treneglos
    Treneglos

    Treneglos is a hamlet and a civil parish in north-east Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is in the Registration District of Launceston.The civil parish is bounded to the north by Warbstow parish, to the east by Tremaine and Tresmere parishes, and to the west by Davidstow parish....
  • Tresmeer
    Tresmeer

    Tresmeer is a hamlet and a civil parish in north-east Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is in the Registration District of Launceston, Cornwall.The civil parish is bounded to the north by Treneglos and Tremaine parishes, to the east by Egloskerry, and to the west by Treneglos parish....
  • Trevalga
    Trevalga

    Trevalga is a small village and civil parish in North Cornwall, United Kingdom. The parish is bounded on the north by the Atlantic ocean, to the south-east by Forrabury and Minster parish and on the west by Tintagel parish....
  • Trewen
    Trewen

    Trewen is a hamlet and a civil parish in east Cornwall, United Kingdom. The parish is just east of Bodmin Moor in the valley of the Inney and lies in the Registration District of Launceston, Cornwall....
  • Wadebridge
    Wadebridge

    Wadebridge is a town in North Cornwall, England, UK, located on the River Camel Estuary some 5 miles upstream from Padstow. For many years Wadebridge was a traffic congested town but in 1991 the Wadebridge bypass was opened together with the Egloshayle bypass causing the two settlements to regain much of their former charm....
  • Warbstow
    Warbstow

    Warbstow is a village and civil parish in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish has a population of 439 according to the UK census 2001....
  • Week St Mary
    Week St Mary

    Week St Mary is a village and civil parish in north-east Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated to the south of Bude and close to the River Tamar, the border with Devon....
  • Werrington
    Werrington, Cornwall

    Werrington is a civil parish in the North Cornwall District, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.It was formerly in Devon....
  • Whitstone
    Whitstone

    Whitstone is a village and civil parish in east Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is roughly halfway between the towns of Bude and Launceston, Cornwall....
  • Withiel
    Withiel

    Withiel is a village and civil parish in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.In the village of Withiel there is a very old parish church called "St Clement's" which dates back to the 13th century which has recently had a new roof thanks to the fundraising efforts of the residents of Withiel and its surrounding a...


    • Geography

    See Cornwall#Geography
    Cornwall

    Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....


    See also

    • List of topics related to Cornwall
      List of topics related to Cornwall

      This is a list of topics related to Cornwall, United Kingdom. The :Category:Cornwall contains a more comprehensive selection of Cornish articles....


    External links

    • at the Cornwall Record Office
      Cornwall Record Office

      Cornwall Record Office , part of Cornwall County Council, is situated at Old County Hall in Truro and is the main repository for the historical archives of Cornwall....