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Penwithick
Village in Cornwall, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Penwithick (Cornish: Pennwydhek) or Penwithick Stents[1] is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of St Austell,[2] in the civil parish of Treverbyn in the 'clay country' area of china clay quarrying. Whilst falling in a different civil parish Penwithick does have an electoral ward in its own name. The population of the ward at the census 2011 was 4,479[3]
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.[4]
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