Golant
Golant is a village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the west bank of the River Fowey and in the civil parish of St Sampson. Golant is about two miles north of Fowey and seven miles east of St Austell.- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Golant, Cornwall”, “Saint Sampson”, and “Saint Sampsons”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Sampson’s Church and Castle Dore.
St Sampson’s Church
Church
St Sampson's Church is the Church of England parish church of the village of Golant, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; it is dedicated to St Sampson of Dol.
Castle Dore
Archaeological site
Castle Dore — or Castle Dôr — is an Iron Age hill fort near Golant in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom located at grid reference SX103548. It was probably occupied from the 5th or 4th centuries BC until the 1st century BC.
St Cyricius and St Julietta’s Church
Church
St Cyricius and St Julietta's Church, St Veep is a Grade I listed parish church of Church of England in St Veep, Cornwall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mixtow and Bodinnick.
Mixtow
Hamlet
Mixtow is a hamlet in the Lanteglos-by-Fowey parish in south east Cornwall, England. It is located on the north side of an inlet off the River Fowey, opposite Fowey Docks.
Bodinnick
Hamlet
Bodinnick is a riverside village in south-east Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. According to the Post Office the population of the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey. Bodinnick is situated 1½ miles south of Golant.
Lerryn
Village
Lerryn is a village in Cornwall, England. It is situated on the River Lerryn approximately three miles southeast of Lostwithiel. Lerryn straddles two parishes: north of the river it is in St Winnow parish and south of the river in St Veep parish. Lerryn is situated 2 miles northeast of Golant.
Golant
- Category: locality
- Location: St Sampson, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.36357° or 50° 21′ 49″ north
Longitude
-4.64203° or 4° 38′ 31″ west
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SMP
Open location code
9C2Q9975+C5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Golant” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غلنت”
- Basque: “Golant”
- Cornish: “Golant”
- Cornish: “Golnans”
- Dutch: “Golant”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جلنت”
- French: “Golant”
- Irish: “Golant”
- Italian: “Golant (Cornovaglia)”
- Italian: “Golant”
- Persian: “گولنت”
- Polish: “Golant”
- Urdu: “گولانٹ”
- Welsh: “Golant”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Penquite Wood and Cliff.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Downs Orchard and St Cadix’s Priory.
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