The ward centred on Threemilestone and Chacewater sits just west of Truro in mid‑Cornwall and combines the suburban edge of Threemilestone with the smaller, traditional village of Chacewater. It enjoys good road links into Truro and beyond, and the landscape alternates between housing estates and retail/light industrial areas to the east and farmland and lanes around the village to the west.
The community has an active local life with schools, sports clubs and village halls, and many residents commute into Truro or work in local services. Chacewater's nineteenth‑century mining heritage is still evident in the local landscape, while Threemilestone has developed in recent decades with supermarkets and retail facilities, giving the area a mix of rural history and modern suburban amenities.
Postcode districts covering Threemilestone & Chacewater
Most populated places nearby
- Redruth 4.4 miles7 km
- Falmouth 8.4 miles13.6 km
- St. Austell 17 miles27.3 km
- Truro 3.4 miles5.6 km
- Camborne 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Newquay 10.8 miles17.4 km
- Penzance 20.4 miles32.8 km
- Bodmin 23.1 miles37.2 km
- Helston 12.4 miles19.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Chacewater Built-up area 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Threemilestone Built-up area 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Kenwyn Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Blackwater Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- St. Day Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Scorrier and Wheal Rose Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Carharrack Built-up area 2.8 miles4.4 km
- Gwennap Parish 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Gloweth, Malabar & Shortlanesend Ward 3 miles4.8 km
- Redruth Central, Carharrack & St. Day Ward 3 miles4.9 km
- Kea Parish 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Mount Hawke Built-up area 3.2 miles5.1 km
Example postcodes in Threemilestone & Chacewater
TR3 6EN, TR3 6GD, TR4 8QT, TR4 8JY, TR4 9LD, TR4 9DL, TR16 5FG, TR3 6SP, TR3 6DU … See all
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 13.8 miles22.2 km
- Exeter International Airport 82.6 miles133 km
- Truro Railway Station 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Perranwell Railway Station 3.6 miles5.8 km
Hotels near Threemilestone & Chacewater Ad
- Townhouse Rooms 4 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Beacon Country House Hotel 3 4.2 miles6.8 km
- The Valley Cottages 5 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Rose in Vale Country House Hotel 4 3.5 miles5.6 km
- The Alverton 4 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Portreath Arms 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Penventon Park Hotel 4 4.6 miles7.5 km
- Mannings Hotel 4 4.1 miles6.5 km
- Hotel Vara 4 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Newperran Holiday Park 6.2 miles10 km
Schools in Threemilestone & Chacewater
- Chacewater Community Primary School Primary
- Oak Tree School Independent - special
- Richard Lander School Secondary
- Threemilestone School Primary
Local points of interest
- Chapel Porth Beach Beach 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Pencalenick Estate 5.6 miles9 km
- Perranzabuloe Museum Museum 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Perranporth Beach Beach 6 miles9.7 km
- Gylly Beach Beach 8.9 miles14.4 km
- Holywell Bay Beach Beach 9 miles14.4 km
- Swanpool Beach Beach 9 miles14.5 km
- Lamorran House Gardens Gardens 9.1 miles14.7 km
- Poly Joke Beach Beach 9.7 miles15.6 km
- Pendower Beach 9.7 miles15.6 km
- Crantock Beach Beach 10 miles16 km
- Lane Theatre Theatre 10.2 miles16.4 km