 The hamlet lies to the west of St Austell in Cornwall, immediately to the south (and adjacent to) Foxhole and a short distance to the north of the village of High Street.It is in the civil parish of St Stephen-in-Brannel.The area consisted primarily of a few disparate farms until around 1900 when flurry of house-building saw Carpalla and neighbouring Foxhole take shape, mainly taking the form of a linear settlement with very few amenities.