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Carlyon (surname) Carlyon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Harrison Carlyon (born 2001), Jersey cricketer *Les Carlyon (1942–2019), Australian writer and newspaper editor *Loveday Carlyon, Cornish nationalist politician *Norman Carlyon (bor ...

Carlyon ( kw, Karleghyon, meaning ''fort of rock-slabs'') is one of four new

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

es created on 1 April 2009 for the

St Austell St Austell (; kw, Sans Austel) is a town in Cornwall, England, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon. St Austell is one of the largest towns in Cornwall; at the 2011 census it had a population of 19,958. History St Austell wa ...

area of south

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

, England, United Kingdom. The new parish is part coastal and part rural in character. It includes the settlements of

Carlyon Bay Carlyon Bay ( kw, Caryones, meaning ''forts'') is a bay and a set of three beaches (Crinnis, Shorthorn and Polgaver) near St Austell on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located approximately east of the town cent ...

Garker Garker is a hamlet situated north-east of St Austell in Cornwall, England. Garker lies close to the western edge of the Eden Project visitor attraction. Garker is in the civil parish of Carlyon :For the surname, ''see'' Carlyon (surname) ...

and Tregrehan Mills and is represented by nine councillors. Carlyon Bay, the principal settlement in the parish, is approximately two miles (3 km) east of

.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin''

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