Madron

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Madron Cornish: Eglos Madern
Madron Parish Church
Population	1,569 (2011 census including Boskednan and Carfury)
Civil parish	Madron
Unitary authority	Cornwall
Ceremonial county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENZANCE
Postcode district	TR20
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
List of places UK England Cornwall

Madron (Cornish: Eglos Madern) is a civil parish and village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Madron is named after Saint Madern's Church. Its annual Trafalgar Service commemorating the death of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson was started on 27 October 1946, following a local tradition that his death was first announced on British soil in the Union Hotel, Penzance.