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Gunnislake
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Gunnislake () is a large village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Tamar Valley approximately north of Plymouth The first woman cabinet minister in the British Empire, Mary Ellen Smith, was born here in 1863.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gunnislake
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4,044
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Cornwall
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.official_name
- Gunnislake
- UK place.cornish_name
- Dowrgonna
- UK place.static_image
- The Cornish Inn, Gunnislake - geograph.org.uk - 1383076.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Cornish Inn
- UK place.civil_parish
- Calstock
- UK place.shire_county
- Cornwall
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South East Cornwall
- UK place.post_town
- GUNNISLAKE
- UK place.postcode_district
- PL18
- UK place.postcode_area
- PL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01822
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX432717
- Football club.clubname
- Gunnislake Football Club
- Football club.league
- Duchy League
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Calstock
- Image
- New Tamar Bridge and Toll House - geograph.org.uk - 677764.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01822
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- Commons category
- Gunnislake
- postal code
- PL18
- OS grid reference
- SX432717
- historic county
- Cornwall
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- St. Annes, Gunnislake
- Sports and leisure
- Gunnislake Football Team
- Cornish wrestling
- Transport
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Gunnislake () is a large village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Tamar Valley approximately north of Plymouth The first woman cabinet minister in the British Empire, Mary Ellen Smith, was born here in 1863.
Gunnislake is in the civil parish of Calstock and is close to Cornwall's border with Devon which follows the course of the River Tamar. It has an electoral ward in its own name which includes much of Calstock and the surrounding area. The population at the 2011 census was 4,574. According to an OCSI report, of the total population, 562 (18.2%) are children, making up a larger proportion of the population than across Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (17.3%). 685 (22.2%) are people of pensionable age, making up a smaller proportion of the population than across Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (24.3%).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gunnislake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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