Callington
Callington is a town and civil parish in east Cornwall, England. It lies about 7 miles north of Saltash and 9 miles south of Launceston. The parish had a population of 5,983 in 2021.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 5,790 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in south-east Cornwall
- Also known as: “Callington, Cornwall”
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Callington and Callington Community College.
Callington Community College
School
Callington Community College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, in Callington Cornwall. The school was established between 1911 and 1914 on Launceston Road as a council building, with parts of that building still in use.
Kit Hill
Peak
Photo: Stephen Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kit Hill, at 334 metres high, dominates the area between Callington and the River Tamar in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. The word 'Kit' comes from Old English for kite, a reference to birds of prey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frogwell and Kelly Bray.
Frogwell
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Frogwell is a hamlet in the parish of Callington, Cornwall, England. It is in the valley of the River Lynher.
Kelly Bray
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kelly Bray is a village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile north of Callington, immediately west of Kit Hill in a former mining area.
Maders
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maders is a hamlet west of Kelly Bray in the parish of South Hill in east Cornwall, England. Maders is situated 1½ miles northwest of Callington.
Callington
- Categories: market town and locality
- Location: Callington, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.50257° or 50° 30′ 9″ northLongitude
-4.31336° or 4° 18′ 48″ westPopulation
5,790Elevation
528 feet (161 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB CNNOpen location code
9C2QGM3P+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 301856233OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Callington” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Callington”
- Basque: “Callington (Kornualles)”
- Basque: “Callington”
- Bengali: “কলিংটন”
- Breton: “Kelliwik”
- Cebuano: “Callington”
- Chinese: “Callington”
- Chinese: “卡林頓”
- Chinese: “卡灵顿”
- Chinese: “卡靈頓”
- Cornish: “Kelliwik”
- Dutch: “Callington”
- Esperanto: “Callington”
- Esperanto: “Kelliwik”
- French: “Callington”
- French: “Kelliwik”
- German: “Callington”
- Gujarati: “કૉલિંગ્ટન”
- Irish: “Callington”
- Irish: “Kelliwik”
- Italian: “Callington”
- Japanese: “カリントン (コーンウォール)”
- Japanese: “カリントン”
- Kannada: “ಕ್ಯಾಲಿಂಗ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “캘링턴”
- Ladin: “Callington”
- Latin: “Callington”
- Lithuanian: “Kalingtonas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Callington (Cornwall)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Callington”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Callington”
- Norwegian: “Callington”
- Persian: “کالینگتون، کورنوال”
- Polish: “Callington”
- Portuguese: “Callington”
- Russian: “Колингтон”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Callington”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Kelliwik”
- South Azerbaijani: “کالینقتون، کورنوال”
- Spanish: “Callington”
- Spanish: “Kelliwik”
- Swedish: “Callington, Cornwall”
- Swedish: “Callington”
- Tamil: “கால்லிங்டன்”
- Telugu: “కాలింగ్టన్”
- Turkish: “Callington”
- Urdu: “کالینجٹن”
- Welsh: “Callington, Cernyw”
- Welsh: “Callington”
- Welsh: “Kelliwik”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Callington Town Hall and Bulls Head Public House.
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