St Levan

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

St Levan lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.

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.

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.

Read more about St Levan:  St. Levan Church, St. Levan CP School