Lelant
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Village | |
![]() The railway station and old station building. The building is now a private house. | |
Location within Cornwall | |
OS grid reference | SW544372 |
• London | 300 mi (480 km) ENE |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ST. IVES |
Postcode district | TR26 |
Dialling code | 01736 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Lelant (Cornish: Lannanta[1]) or Uny Lelant is a village in the civil parish of St Ives in, west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on the west side of the Hayle Estuary, about 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) southeast of St Ives and one mile (1.6 km) west of Hayle.[2] The village is part of the Lelant and Carbis Bay ward on Cornwall Council,[3] and also the St Ives Parliamentary constituency. The birth, marriage, and death registration district is Penzance.[4] Its population at the 2011 census was 3,892[5] The South West Coast Path, which follows the coast of south west England from Somerset to Dorset passes through Lelant, along the estuary and above Porth Kidney Sands.[2]