Golant

For other uses, see Mikhail Golant.

Golant
The Fowey estuary at Golant
Golant is located in Cornwall
Golant
Golant
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSX122548
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Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFOWEY
Postcode districtPL23
Dialling code01726
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50°21′46″N 4°38′30″W / 50.3629°N 4.6416°W / 50.3629; -4.6416

Golant (Cornish: Golnans)[1] is a village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the west bank of the River Fowey and in the civil parish of St Sampson.[2]

Golant is about two miles (3 km) north of Fowey and seven miles (11 km) east of St Austell.[3]

Golant church is dedicated to St Sampson of Dol. The poet John Betjeman remarked that its pews were "extremely uncomfortable, recall the fidgets of Gus and Flora in Ravenshoe".[4] The church was mentioned in the book England’s Thousand Best Churches by Simon Jenkins.[5]

The village is on the Saints' Way long-distance footpath.[6]

  1. ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 9780319229385
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 9780319229385
  4. ^ Betjeman, John, ed. (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South. London: Collins; pp. 147-48
  5. ^ Jenkins, Simon (2009). England's Thousand best Churches. Copac. ISBN 9780141039305. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  6. ^ [1] Cornwall County Council website; The Saints' Way. Retrieved April 2010