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Camelford (Cornish: Reskammel[1]) is a town and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, situated in the River Camel valley northwest of Bodmin Moor. The town is approximately ten miles (16 km) north of Bodmin [2] and is governed by Camelford Town Council. [3] Lanteglos-by-Camelford is the ecclesiastical parish in which the town ...
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Its location between Launceston and Wadebridge brought prosperity that resulted in the erection of many impressive buildings, many finished with slate from nearby Delabole Quarry. Camelford is 700ft above sea level, making it one of the highest towns in the country, but it is still overlooked by the iconic Roughtor on Bodmin Moor, a Bronze Age site.
Camelford, in Cornish, Reskammel, is a small town in the Parish of Lanteglos-by-Camelford, situated between Bodmin Moor and Cornwall's Atlantic coast . At Slaughter Bridge close to Camelford is an inscribed stone, nearly 10ft (3m) in length situated on the bank of the Camel River. It is believed to date from around the 6th or 7th Century.
Rising high on the wild Bodmin Moor, the River Camel gets its name from its snaking course through mid Cornwall. From its source to the north of Camelford, and only three miles from the sea, it flows southwest towards Bodmin in the centre of Cornwall. Here it turns and continues northeast passing Wadebridge, towards the sea beyond Padstow.
Colliford Lake. Colliford Lake is a reservoir on Bodmin Moor, 20 miles from Camelford. It was created in 1983 by damming the River Fowey to provide a reliable source of water for the nearby towns and villages. The reservoir has a capacity of over 43,000 million litres and covers an area of approximately 900 acres.
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Camelford is an ancient town that is about six miles inland from the North Coast and lies on the edge of Bodmin Moor. Today the A39, the Atlantic Highway runs through the town. The word Camelford is believed to be derived from ‘cam’ meaning ‘crooked stream’ in Celtic, and ‘alan’ meaning ‘beautiful’ and ‘ford’.
