Penwithick

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Penwithick
Cornwall
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Location
Location: 50°22’23"N, 4°46’48"W
Data
Local Government
Council: Cornwall

Penwithick is a village in Cornwall, two and a half miles north of St Austell, in the 'clay country' – the area of china clay quarrying. The population at the census 2011 was 4,479.

Penwithick has a small local shop which also has a sub post office, a social club as well as a premises selling fish & chips.

There are plans to build a new settlement Baal & West Carclaze south of the village as part of the St Austell and Clay Country Eco-town. This would include 1,800 to 2,500 homes. The plan was given outline approval in July 2009.[1]

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