Wheal Frances

Wheal Frances
Wheal Frances
	Wheal Frances Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference	SW786523
Civil parish	Perranzabuloe;
Unitary authority	Cornwall;
Ceremonial county	Cornwall;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TRURO
Postcode district	TR4
Dialling code	01872
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Truro and Falmouth;
	List of places UK England Cornwall 50°19′46″N 5°06′43″W / 50.3295°N 5.1120°W

Wheal Frances is a village in Cornwall, England, UK. It is located in the civil parish of Perranzabuloe.

Geography

Carnkief Pond, a Site of Special Scientific Interest is located to the north of the village. The site features 12 species of dragonfly and is noted for its importance to biology.^[1]

The village was noted for the Wheal Frances Mine of which many ruins remain.^[2]

^ "Carnkief Pond" (PDF). Natural England. 1985. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
^ Gamble, Barry (April 2011). Cornish Mines: St Just to Redruth. Alison Hodge Publishers. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-906720-81-3. Retrieved 8 October 2011.