St Dennis, Cornwall

For the politician in Grenada, see Dennis Cornwall.
Not to be confused with St Denis.

St Dennis
St Dennis from the air showing the church built inside a hillfort
St Dennis is located in Cornwall
St Dennis
St Dennis
Location within Cornwall
Population2,785 (United Kingdom Census 2011)
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townST AUSTELL
Postcode districtPL26
Dialling code01726
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°22′59″N 4°52′59″W / 50.383°N 4.883°W / 50.383; -4.883

St Dennis (Cornish: Tredhinas) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the B3279 between Newquay and St Austell.[1]

St Dennis had a population of 2,696 in the 2001 census,[2] increasing to 2,810 at the 2011 census.[3] An electoral ward also exists with a population at the same census of 4,560.[4] A quarter of the male population is employed in the extraction of china clay.[citation needed]

The village is famous for its church built on the site of an Iron Age hillfort. Other major buildings include the Methodist chapel and the Boscawen Hotel.

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  2. ^ Census 2001
  3. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 12 February 2015.