Landewednack Explained

Country:England
Map Type:Cornwall
Static Image Caption:St Wynwallow's church at Landewednack
Coordinates:49.97°N -5.193°W
Official Name:Landewednack
Cornish Name:Lanndewynnek
Population:906
Population Ref:(United Kingdom Census 2011)
Unitary England:Cornwall
Lieutenancy England:Cornwall
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:St Ives
Post Town:HELSTON
Postcode District:TR12
Postcode Area:TR
Dial Code:01326
Os Grid Reference:SW706123

Landewednack (Cornish: Lanndewynnek) is a civil parish and an area of The Lizard in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated approximately ten miles (16 km) south of Helston.[1]

Landewednack is the most southerly parish on the British mainland.[2] The parish church, dedicated to St Winwallow, is the most southerly in England and is built of local serpentine stone (see St Wynwallow's Church, Landewednack). Caerthillian cove and beach sits on the western border of the parish.

The hamlet of Landewednack is now part of Lizard village.

Twinning

Landewednack is twinned with Landevennec (Landevenneg) in Brittany, France.

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Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End
  2. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Landewednack/ GENUKI website; Landewednack