Camelford is a town and also civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, positioned in the River Camel valley northwest of Bodmin Moor. The town is approximately ten miles (16 km) north of Bodmin as well as is regulated by Camelford Town Council. [3] Lanteglos-by-Camelford is the ecclesiastical church in which the community is positioned (not to be confused with Lanteglos-by-Fowey). The ward population at the 2011 Census was 4,001. The Town population at the same census was 865 only. Camelford remains in the North Cornwall legislative constituency represented by Scott Mann MP since 2015. Up until 1974, the town was the management headquarters of Camelford Rural District. Both major commercial business in the area are the slate quarry at Delabole and celebrity factory at Davidstow as well as there is a tiny industrial estate at Highfield. The A39 road (referred to as 'Atlantic Highway') passes through the community centre: a bypass has actually been reviewed for many years. Camelford Station, some distance from the town, closed in 1966; the website was ultimately utilized as a cycling gallery.