Lizard Point, Cornwall

Lizard Point
Southernmost part of Lizard Point
Lizard Point is located in Cornwall
Lizard Point
Lizard Point
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW695115
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHELSTON
Postcode districtTR12
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
49°57′33″N 5°12′23″W / 49.9591°N 5.2065°W / 49.9591; -5.2065
View from Lizard Point
Lizard Point seen from near the Youth Hostel

Lizard Point (from Cornish an Lysardh 'the high court') in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula. It is situated half-a-mile (800 m) south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Helston.[1]

Lizard Point is the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain at 49° 57' 30" N.[2] With the exception of parts of the Isles of Scilly, it is the southernmost part of England and the wider United Kingdom.

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey, Great Britain (February 2009), "Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203", Land's End, ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
  2. ^ Chambers's Encyclopædia of Universal Knowledge. W & R Chambers Ltd. 1860. p. 62.