Water-Ma-Trout is a road and an

industrial estate An industrial park, also known as industrial estate or trading estate, is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development. An industrial park can be thought of as a more heavyweight version of a business park or office par ...

on the northern edge of

Helston Helston () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the The Lizard, Lizard Peninsula approximately east of Penzance and south-west of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth.Ordnance Survey: ...

in west

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. Theories about its name are: *That its name started as Cornish dialect English for "wet my throat", here used as a name for a dry field. *Earlier: that this name is a corruption of "waterman route", due to it being near the water supply towards one of the sources of the

River Cober The River Cober () is a short river in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The river runs to the west of Helston into The Loe, Cornwall's largest natural lake. Geology and hydrology It rises in Nine Maidens Downs, directly between Hangma ...

. *That the name derives from a corruption of Welter-ma (from "

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" and "man") and "Trout", the name of the miner.

Industry

A range of industries are based around the estate, such as the

scuba gear Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance. The word ''scuba'' is an acronym for ...

factory

AP Diving AP Diving or Ambient Pressure Diving, formerly known as A.P.Valves, is a British manufacturer of diving equipment at Water-Ma-Trout in Helston, Cornwall, England. They produce a range of scuba and surface-supplied diving equipment including bu ...

and Helston Gunsmiths.

References

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