It is situated on the A394 road approximately three miles (4.8 km) west of Penryn .
[1] Longdowns is in the civil parish of Stithians (where the population of the 2011 census is included.).
[2] Longdowns is in an area of granite quarries, some active some disused.
John Spargo, the American socialist, was born in Longdowns.
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