St Levan

St Levan
Cornish: Selevan

St Levan churchyard
St Levan
 St Levan shown within Cornwall
Population 459 (2011)
OS grid referenceSW3822
Civil parishSt Levan
Unitary authorityCornwall
Ceremonial countyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town PENZANCE
Postcode district TR19
Dialling code 01736
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentSt Ives
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Coordinates: 50°02′28″N 5°39′43″W / 50.041°N 5.662°W

St Levan (Cornish: Selevan)[1] is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about eight miles (12.7 km) south west of Penzance.[2]

St Levan lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.

The parish encompasses the settlements of St Levan, Trethewey, Treen (the chief village), and Porthcurno and shares boundaries with the parishes of Sennen in the north-west, St Buryan in the north-east (with which it has close ties) and is bounded by the sea in the south and was at one point part of St Buryan parish. The parish comprises 2,402 acres (10 km2) of land, 3 acres (12,000 m2) of water and 31 acres (130,000 m2) of foreshore.

For the purposes of local government St Levan is a civil parish and every four years elects a parish council consisting of 10 councillors. The principal local authority is Cornwall Council.

St. Levan Church

St. Levan CP School

St. Levan CP School is St Levan's community primary school, located in the hamlet of Bottoms. It is a very small school. Its current head teacher is Sue Thompson.

References

  1. ↑ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7

External links

Parish church of St Levan
Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Levan.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for St Levan.