St Levan

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Coordinates: 50°02′28″N 5°39′43″W / 50.041°N 5.662°W / 50.041; -5.662

St Levan
St Levan is located in Cornwall
St Levan

 St Levan shown within Cornwall
Population 487 (2001)
OS grid reference SW380222
Unitary authority Cornwall
Ceremonial county Cornwall
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United 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 Parliament St Ives
List of places: UK • England • Cornwall

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

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[citation needed].

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.

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[edit] St. Levan Church

[edit] St. Levan CP School

St. Levan CP School is St Levan's community primary school. It is a very small school. Its current head teacher is Sue Thompson.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7

[edit] External links

Parish church of St Levan


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