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Lizard, also known as The Lizard or The Lizard Town or The Lizard Village, is a village on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated about ten miles (16 km) south of Helston , and is mainland Britain 's most southerly settlement. [ 1 ]
Lizard Point Lizard Point. The Lizard (Cornish: an Lysardh) is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The southernmost point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point at SW 701115; Lizard village, also known as the Lizard, is the most southerly on the British mainland, and is in the civil parish of Landewednack, the most southerly parish.
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 .
Owners Mike and Caroline Thomas said they decided to buy the Royal Navy aircraft as extra sleeping space for customers at their guest house in Lizard Village. The aircraft was used by 815 Squadron ...
Landewednack (Cornish: Lanndewynnek) is a civil parish and an area of The Lizard in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated approximately ten miles (16 km) south of Helston. [1] Landewednack is the most southerly parish on the British mainland. [2]
The main village of Mullion is situated in the north of the parish, approximately 65 metres (210') above sea level and about 1 mile (2 km) inland of the coast which is to its west. The village sits at the end of two river valleys which run southwest from the village, descending steeply to meet the sea at Polurrian Cove and Mullion Cove.
Bass Point is part of the Caerthillian to Kennack coastal Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and since August 2016 is included within The Lizard National Nature Reserve (NNR). In recent years the National Trust has removed Hottentot fig ( Carpobrotus edulis ), an introduced plant, which forms mats covering the coastal grassland.
Manaccan (/ m ə ˈ n æ k ən /; Cornish: Manahan) [1] is a civil parish and village on the Lizard peninsula in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about five miles (8 km) south-southwest of Falmouth. [2] The origin of the name Manaccan is probably derived not from a saint but from the Cornish for (church) of the monks.