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Local Information for Truro

Truro is the administrative centre of Cornwall, and the only city in the county, as well as being the most southerly city in the UK. It is well known for its Truro Cathedral, finished in 1910. The city is also the location of the Royal Cornwall Museum and Cornwall County Council's Grade II listed New County Hall. It has a population of 20,000.

Some famous former inhabitants of Truro include Richard Lander, an African explorer after whom a Secondary school is now named; Edward Boscawen, an Admiral in the 18th century navy active in the Caribbean and Mediterranean; and Humphrey Davy, inventor of the mining safety lamp.

There has been a settlement in the vicinity since the Iron Age at least as shown by the remains at Carvossa. There was a Norman Castle on the former cattle market site which is now the site of the award winning Law Courts building.

Truro rose to prominence as a market town and port during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. However with t...More