Lank

Lank is a settlement in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately one mile south of St Breward and six miles east-northeast of Wadebridge in St Breward civil parish.

Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Hamlet
Description: village in Cornwall, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Lank, Cornwall”, “Lonk”, and “Lower Lank”

Places of Interest

Highlights include De Lank Quarries and Church of St Uda.

De Lank Quarries

Quarry

Photo: Rupert Fleetingly, CC BY-SA 2.0.

De Lank Quarries is an active quarry and a 54-acre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in St Breward parish, north Cornwall, England, UK. The quarry, which received its SSSI notification in 1994, takes its name from the nearby De Lank river.

Church of St Uda

Church

Photo: Andy Carlson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Uda is situated 1½ miles west of Lank.

Trippet stones

Archaeological site

Photo: Sandy Gerrard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Trippet stones or Trippet stones circle is a stone circle located on Manor Common in Blisland, 9 kilometres north northeast of Bodmin on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, UK. The Stripple stones are nearby. Trippet stones is situated 2½ miles east of Lank.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wenfordbridge and Penpont.

Wenfordbridge

Hamlet

Photo: David Balmford, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wenfordbridge, or Wenford Bridge, is a hamlet some 6 miles north of Bodmin and on the western flank of Bodmin Moor, in Cornwall, England. It takes its name from an old granite bridge over the River Camel, and lies on the border between the parishes of St Breward and St Tudy.

Penpont

Hamlet

Penpont is a hamlet in the parish of St Breward, in north Cornwall, England, UK, in the Camel Valley. There is also a place called Penpont near Wadebridge. The meaning of Penpont is "end of the bridge".