Crossroads in Summercourt
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Crossroads in Summercourt
Image: © Rod Allday Taken: 25 Sep 2011
In the distance can be seen one of the rides at the annual Summercourt Fair. Summercourt Fair is a Charter fair held annually during the last week of September each year. It is one of the largest fairs in Cornwall and is over 800 years old. The notice on the traffic lights announces a road closure on the next day, Monday 26 September, when the fair will take over the road. Nowadays that is just a local inconvenience. Before the current A30 was constructed to the north of the village this main arterial road through Cornwall used to run through the village but the road's importance did not prevent its annual closure for the fair.
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Image Location
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50.366873
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-4.972117