Summercourt is a village in central Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. It is in the civil parish

Civil parish

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 of St Enoder

St Enoder

St. Enoder is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is situated five miles southeast of Newquay.The nearest village is Summercourt half-a-mile to the south and other settlements include Fraddon, Penhale, Indian Queens and Trevarren.The parish church is 15th century...

 five miles (8 km) south-east of Newquay

Newquay

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. The village is centered on the crossroads at of the old course of the A30

A30 road

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 road (now re-routed north of the village as a dual carriageway

Dual carriageway

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 bypass

Bypass (road)

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) and the A3058 Newquay to St Austell

St Austell

St Austell is a civil parish and a major town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the south coast approximately ten miles south of Bodmin and 30 miles west of the border with Devon at Saltash...

 road.

Education

There is a village school, Summercourt Community Primary School, which is a combined primary and junior school. It has a capacity of just over 100 pupils.
The school started its life as the National School, Summercourt, in 1828 and was the first school in the area - taking children from Summercourt, Fraddon

Fraddon

Fraddon is a village in central Cornwall, United Kingdom, in the parish of St Enoder. It is roughly midway between Newquay and St Austell and is south of the linked villages of St Columb Road and Indian Queens....

, Mitchell

Mitchell, Cornwall

Mitchell is a village in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated 14 miles northeast of Redruth and 17 miles west-southwest of Bodmin on the A30 trunk road....

 and even Indian Queens

Indian Queens

Indian Queens is a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is situated west of Goss Moor and north of Fraddon approximately ten miles west-southwest of Bodmin....

. At first it was only for boys - and consisted of one small room. A year later, girls were also permitted to attend.
Since that time, the school has increased in size considerably to its present size.

The village today

The village has two pub

Public house

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s, the London Inn on School Road and Viners at Carvynick (previously the Fox’s Revenge). There is also a Methodist Church, and a shop with a post office

Post Office Ltd.

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 counter.

Summercourt fair

Summercourt fair

Summercourt fair is a Charter fair held annually in Summercourt, a village five miles south-east of Newquay in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The fair is held during the last week of September each year...

 is a Charter fair

Charter fair

A charter fair in England is a street fair or market which was established by Royal Charter. Many charter fairs date back to the Middle Ages, with their heyday occurring during the 13th century...

held in Summercourt in the last week of September each year; at over 800 years old, it is the longest-established fair in Cornwall.