Truro

Cape Cod town

Truro is a city in Cornwall, England—the county's administrative center and only city.

The name also appears in Nova Scotia, Canada, and on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

We drove through Truro on our way to Provincetown.

Cornwall

pasty

Unhealthily pale

clotted cream · Falmouth · Penzance · Celtic · pilchards · cider · Roseland

NovaScotia

tidal bore

Tide wave moving upstream

Maritimes · Acadian

port

river

Large flowing watercourse

quay · maritime · shipping · trading · creek · boats · cargo · waterfront · moorings · historic port

cathedral

Gothic Revival

Architectural return to medieval forms

diocese · Anglican · consecrated · towers · stonework · organ · choir · bells · worship · parish

Categories
Opposites
Cornwall geographic centrality

TruroLand's End

England's far southwest corner

Penzance · St Ives · Falmouth · Plymouth

urban scale within UK

TruroLondon

England's capital city

Birmingham · Manchester · Glasgow · Liverpool · Leeds

English regional identity

TruroLondon

England's capital city

Westminster · Oxford · Cambridge · Canterbury · Winchester

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G