Camborne
town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK
Camborne (Cornish: Kammbronn [ˈkamːbrɔnː] , meaning "crooked hill") is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 23,831 and the population of the built-up area was 20,450. The town lies about 2 miles (3 km) inland, but the northern boundary of the parish is the coast, including Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove. The coast is followed by the South West Coast Path. As well as Camborne itself, the parish also includes a number of hamlets.
Camborne was formerly one of the most significant tin-mining areas in the world.
Geography
Camborne forms the western part of a loose conurbation which stretches to Redruth, 3 miles (5 km) to the east. At the 2011 census, the Office for National Statistics defined Camborne to be part of what it called the Redruth built-up area, which had a population of 42,690, making it the largest built-up area in Cornwall. Cornwall Council similarly defined what it called "Camborne/Pool/Redruth", which had a population of 55,400 in 2011. Following a change in methodology for the 2021 census, Camborne is now considered a separate built-up area by the Office for National Statistics, with a population of 20,450.
The public source identifies “Camborne” as town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Camborne, town and civil.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1774403. VIAF identifies the subject as 127955584. The Library of Congress control number is n88278738. Authority coordinates are 50.213, -5.300. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021 and 2011.
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This entry incorporates text from “Camborne” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.