Cornwall Wildlife Trust - Five Acres Reserve

Shortlanesend (, meaning ''end of the lane'') is a village in

Kenwyn Kenwyn () is a settlement and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The settlement is a suburb of the city of Truro and lies 0.5 mi (1 km) north of the city centre, within Truro parish, whereas Kenwyn parish covers an are ...

parish,

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

, England, United Kingdom. It lies two miles north of the city of

Truro Truro (; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England; it is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom, just under west-south-west of Charing Cross in London. It is Cornwall's county town, s ...

Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' at . The name was recorded as Penfounder in 1547. Shortlanesend is in the former Carrick District. The village has a Methodist chapel, village hall, pub
the Old Plough Inn
a post office and primar
school
Allet () is a hamlet one mile west of Shortlanesend on the B3284 Truro to

Chiverton Cross Chiverton Cross was a road junction in west Cornwall, England, four miles (6 kilometres) north-east of Redruth and five miles (8 km) west of Truro at . Its name derives from Chyverton House which is in the extreme east of the parish of P ...

road. The name was recorded as Aled in 1284. The

Cornwall Wildlife Trust The Cornwall Wildlife Trust (founded as the Cornwall Naturalists' Club) is a charitable organisation founded in 1962 that is concerned solely with Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It deals with the conservation and preservation of Cornwall's w ...

is based at Allet: its headquarters and offices are adjacent to the Trust's Five Acres nature reserve. This reserve includes two ponds, as well as mixed broadleaved woodland.

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