# Kernick

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For people with the surname Kernick, see [Kernick (surname)](/source/Kernick_(surname)).

**Kernick** (Cornish: ***Karnek***, meaning *rocky place*) is a settlement in west [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall), England, UK. It is a part of the town of [Penryn](/source/Penryn,_Cornwall), now a suburb of [Falmouth](/source/Falmouth,_Cornwall).[dubious – discuss] The name Kernick is a derivative of Cernic / Carnak meaning 'rocky' in Cornish, like [Carnac](/source/Carnac) in Brittany/[1]

Kernick is located near [Mabe](/source/Mabe,_Cornwall), a village on the edge of a new urban area. Kernick has thrived as an industrial area since the late 1970s with two [industrial parks](/source/Industrial_park), and one large [industrial estate](/source/Industrial_estate), with about 100 factories. An [Asda](/source/Asda) supermarket was recently constructed nearby, which has taken much business from the small town shops. Kernick is also thriving as a [suburban](/source/Suburban) housing area, with three [housing estates](/source/Housing_estate) in the vicinity, two of which (Littleoaks and Woodland Avenue) have in excess of 200 houses each. There is also another housing estate nearby, and a large area called *Greenwood*, which has in excess of 500 houses and [bungalows](/source/Bungalow). Kernick is also the site of the new [Combined Universities in Cornwall](/source/Combined_Universities_in_Cornwall) (CUC).

There is also a place called Kernick in St Stephen in Brannel parish; the meaning here is "little corner" which also applies to Kernock, also in Cornwall.[2]

## References

1. Robert Williams – *Lexicon Cornu-Brittanicum*, 1865

1. Weatherhill, Craig (2009). *A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names*. Westport, Co. Mayo: Evertype. ISBN 9781904808220; p. 43

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