Pool, Cornwall

Shops in the village include: a Tesco Extra, on the site of Heathcoat's textile factory; a Morrisons on the site of the Flamingo Ballroom;{{cite web |url=http://rprest.adsl24.co.uk/kernowbeat/flamingo.html |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120713115920/http://rprest.adsl24.co.uk/kernowbeat/flamingo.html |title=Flamingo Ballroom|archivedate=2012-07-13}} and a B&Q DIY Store, on the site of Holman's Climax factory. Local businesses include Pool Market, a weekend market stall operation;{{cite web|url=http://www.pool-market.net/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925175509/http://www.pool-market.net/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 September 2012 |title=Pool Market Cornwall|publisher=Pool-market.net |date= |accessdate=2015-06-01}} and Macsalvors which specialises in factory clearance and sells goods ranging from chandlery, building tools and material, new and used office furniture, etc.{{cite web|url=http://www.macsalvors.com/ |title=Macsalvors |publisher=Macsalvors.com |date= |accessdate=2015-06-01}}

Pool is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Illogan,{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Illogan/index.html |title=Illogan |publisher=Genuki.org.uk |date=2014-07-29 |accessdate=2015-06-01}} and part of the civil parish of Carn Brea.{{cite web|url=http://www.carnbreaparishcouncil.gov.uk |title=Home |publisher=Carnbreaparishcouncil.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2015-06-01}} Trevenson Church is the village's Church of England place of worship.{{cite web |url=http://www.saint-illogan.org.uk/history/trevenson.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721213019/http://saint-illogan.org.uk/history/trevenson.htm |archivedate=2014-07-21 |title=Trevenson}}

Other facilities include Pool Health Centre;{{cite web|url=http://www.poolhealthcentre.co.uk/ |title=Information about the doctors surgery opening hours, appointments, online prescriptions, health information|publisher=Poolhealthcentre.co.uk |date=2015-05-22 |accessdate=2015-06-01}} Carn Brea Leisure Centre (the first leisure centre in Cornwall to be run as a charitable trust);{{cite web|url=http://www.carnbrealeisurecentre.co.uk/ |title=Trust |publisher=Carnbrealeisurecentre.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2015-06-01}}

Heartlands, a {{convert|19|acre|ha|sing=on|adj=on|0}} visitor attraction and World Heritage Site, based around South Crofty's Robinson's Shaft;{{cite web|url=http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/areas-places-activities/camborne-redruth-portreath |title=Camborne & Redruth with Portreath | Cornish Mining World Heritage Site |publisher=Cornish-mining.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2015-06-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.heartlandscornwall.com/ |title=Camborne Pool Redruth | Things to do in Cornwall |publisher=Heartlandscornwall.com |date= |accessdate=2015-06-01}} and East Pool mine, another industrial heritage centre, consisting of one of the largest surviving Cornish beam engines at Taylor's Shaft, and a restored winding engine at Michell's Shaft.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/east-pool-mine/ |title=East Pool Mine - Visitor information |publisher=Nationaltrust.org |date= |accessdate=2015-06-01}}

The nearest railway stations are at {{rws|Redruth}} and {{rws|Camborne}} on the Cornish Main Line. Carn Brea railway station closed to passengers in 1961 and freight in 1967. It was the main depot of the West Cornwall Railway.{{cite book |last=Oakley |first=M |year=2009 |title=Cornwall Railway Stations |page=29 |place=Stanbridge |publisher=Dovecote Press}}

The village is served by a number of First Kernow routes to the major towns in the area such as St Ives, Penzance, Truro, Helston and Falmouth.{{cite web|url=http://www.cornwallpublictransport.info/Index.pdf |title=Alphabetical Index |publisher=Cornwallpublictransport.info |accessdate=2015-06-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/devon_cornwall/ |title=Welcome to First in Devon, Cornwall & Mid Somerset | FirstGroup plc |publisher=Firstgroup.com |date=2015-03-28 |accessdate=2015-06-01}}

Major employers are Pool Industrial Estate,{{cite web |url=http://www.spencerpropco.com/sites/sitedetails.aspx?SiteID=106 |title=Pool Industrial Estate, South West, Industrial space units, To Let from Spencer Commercial Property |publisher=Spencerpropco.com |accessdate=2015-06-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120911001621/http://www.spencerpropco.com/sites/sitedetails.aspx?SiteID=106 |archivedate=2012-09-11 }} and the Pool Innovation Centre which opened in 2010 as part of regeneration work to stimulate economic growth and development in the heartlands of Cornwall.{{cite web |url=http://www.poolinnovationcentre.co.uk/ |title=Grow Your Business |publisher=Poolinnovationcentre.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2015-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413104239/http://www.poolinnovationcentre.co.uk/ |archive-date=2012-04-13 |url-status=usurped }}

South Crofty Tin Mine is currently owned by Canadian mining company Strongbow Exploration Inc after buying the site from Western United Mines.{{cite web |url=https://www.finance-monthly.com/2016/09/the-south-crofty-tin-mine-has-been-bought-by-canadian-company-strongbow-exploration/ | title=The South Crofty tin mine has been bought by Canadian company Strongbow Exploration |publisher=Finance Monthly | date=2016-09-02}} Strongbow are currently in the process of constructing a water treatment plant to dewater the mine ahead of conducting a feasibility study with the aim of bringing full scale mining back to Cornwall through the introduction of modern mining methods.

Cornwall College's Camborne campus (formerly Camborne Technical College, or 'Tech' & Camborne, Redruth and Pool College) is based here; it provides A-Level, degree and adult education courses.{{cite web |url=http://www.cornwall.ac.uk/cc/index.php?id=79&page=_Our_Campuses&subpage=_Cornwall_College_Camborne |title=Cornwall College | Making learning work |publisher=Cornwall.ac.uk |accessdate=2015-06-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507003245/http://cornwall.ac.uk/cc/index.php?page=_Our_Campuses&subpage=_Cornwall_College_Camborne&id=79 |archivedate=2013-05-07 }} Pool Academy (formerly Pool Business & Enterprise College, Pool Comprehensive School before that), provides education for the 11–16 age range.[http://poolacademy.co.uk/ Welcome to Pool Academy] The Camborne School of Mines was based in the village from 1975 until 2004, before moving to the Exeter University's campus at Tremough, near Penryn, Cornwall.{{cite web|url=http://emps.exeter.ac.uk/csm/ |title=Camborne School of Mines - Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter |publisher=Emps.exeter.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2015-06-01}}

Cornwall Council and Carn Brea Parish Council are carrying out a consultation that asks whether Pool should be reclassified as a town rather than a village.{{Cite news|last=Trewhela|first=Lee|date=2021-08-18|title=Village could be upgraded to become Cornwall's newest town|url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/pool-village-could-upgraded-become-5803191|access-date=2021-08-19|website=CornwallLive|language=en}}

Duchy Hockey Club are based at Pool Academy. The club fields three Men's teams and one women's team in addition to various junior age groups, and compete in the West of England regional league.

Cornish wrestling tournaments were held in Pool at South Crofty Mine for prizes.The Cornish Telegraph, 22 August 1907. In addition there were tournaments at the Basset Arms, in the 1800sRoyal Cornwall Gazette, 2 November 1883. and 1900s.West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 22 August 1907, Trevenson ParkWest Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 15 July 1937, and Pool School and Community College.West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 1 July 1993,

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