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]
Mylor Bridge
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 Mylor Bridge | |
  Mylor Bridge Location 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 |
| UK Parliament | |
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).
Governance
editThe village is represented as Penryn East and Mylor on Cornwall Council.[5] It was formerly in the Falmouth and Camborne parliamentary electoral constituency; since 2010 it has been in the Truro and Falmouth constituency.[6] Notably, the former Member for Parliament (MP) for Truro and Falmouth, Sarah Newton, lives on Church Road in Mylor Bridge.
References
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- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
- ^ Mylor Bridge Primary School; Retrieved April 2010
- ^ GENUKI website; Mylor. Retrieved April 2010
- ^ Cornwall Council website. Retrieved April 2010
- ^ "Truro and Falmouth (Parliamentary Constituency) - Cornish Place Names".