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Village in Cornwall, England For the village located near Helston, see Carnkie, Wendron.

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Carnkie
View from the lower southern slope of Carn Brea, looking towards Carnkie
CarnkieLocation within Cornwall
OS grid reference	SW687399
Shire county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	REDRUTH
Postcode district	TR16
Dialling code	01209

Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western

UK Parliament	Camborne and Redruth
List of places UK England Cornwall 50°12′50″N 5°14′36″W / 50.2138°N 5.2433°W / 50.2138; -5.2433

Carnkie is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately one and a half miles south west of Redruth. It is in the civil parish of Carn Brea.

The village is built largely along the Great Flat Lode (a massive mineral trail that was extensively mined), and is surrounded by numerous derelict mine buildings, most of which were built by the mining magnate, Lord de Dunstanville and Basset. There is a Methodist chapel building at the centre of the village which closed in 2010. The Methodist congregation now meet at Carnkie Village Hall every Sunday at 10:30am and in May 2015 celebrated their 5th year since moving.

Vehicular access to Carn Brea is gained through Carnkie, at the summit can be found a monument dedicated to Lord de Dunstanville and Basset, and Carn Brea Castle, originally believed to be a hunting lodge, but which these days serves as a restaurant.

D. M. Thomas, Cornish writer shortlisted for the 1981 Booker Prize grew up in Carnkie, Redruth.

References

Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
"Personal History". I'm Cornish, and very proud of it. It's where I live now.

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