St Just in Penwith

St Just is the most westerly town on the mainland of the UK. It's in West Cornwall and had population of around 4,800 in the area in 2011. Traditionally a mining town, the last mine closed in 1996.
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  • Type: Town with 4,810 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, UK
  • Also known as: St Just”, “St Just civil parish”, “St Just CP”, “St Just in Penwith, Cornwall”, and “St. Just
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Land’s End Airport and Tregeseal East stone circle.

Aerodrome
Land's End Airport, situated near St Just in Penwith, 5 NM west of , in , is the most south westerly of . The airport is owned by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company.

Archaeological site
Tregeseal East is a heavily restored prehistoric stone circle around one mile northeast of the town of St Just in , United Kingdom. The nineteen granite stones are also known as The Dancing Stones.

Archaeological site
is a prehistoric funerary cairn which Ashbee and Hencken state contains several phases of use from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. It is situated on the cliff top at Ballowall Common, near St Just in Cornwall, England, UK.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pendeen and Trewellard.

is a former mining town in West Cornwall. It is a quaint village in a designated 'Area of Natural Outstanding Beauty' with lots of interesting features such as the stunning lighthouse, a lovely beach, bronze-age monuments such as ' Fogou', the…

Village
Photo: Renouk, Public domain.
is a small village on the north coast road between St Just and in , England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects to the A30 road.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in west , England, United Kingdom. It is approximately one mile south of and six miles northwest of . It is in the civil parish of St Just in Penwith.

St Just in Penwith

Latitude
50.1244° or 50° 7′ 28″ north
Longitude
-5.6797° or 5° 40′ 47″ west
Population
4,810
Elevation
413 feet (126 metres)
IATA airport code
LEQ
Open location code
9C2P48FC+Q4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29170381
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
11001762
Wiki­data ID
Q941861
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“St Just in Penwith” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: St Just
  • Basque: St Just in Penwith
  • Bengali: সেন্ট জাস্ট
  • Breton: Lannust
  • Breton: Lannyust
  • Cebuano: St. Just
  • Chinese: St Just
  • Chinese: 圣贾斯特
  • Chinese: 聖賈斯特
  • Cornish: Lannust
  • Cornish: Lannyust
  • Dutch: St Just
  • French: St Just in Penwith
  • German: St Just in Penwith
  • Gujarati: સેંટ જસ્ટ ઇન પેનવિથ
  • Irish: Lannust
  • Irish: St Just in Penwith
  • Italian: St Just-in-Penwith
  • Japanese: セント・ジャスト・イン・ペンウィス
  • Japanese: セント・ジャスト
  • Kannada: ಸೇಂಟ್ ಜಸ್ಟ್ ಇನ್ ಪೆನ್ವಿತ್
  • Korean: 세인트 저스트
  • Ladin: St Just
  • Latin: St Just in Penwith
  • Latin: St Just
  • Lithuanian: Sent Džastas
  • Min Nan Chinese: St Just
  • Norwegian Bokmål: St. Just
  • Norwegian: St. Just
  • Persian: سنت جاست-این-پنویث
  • Polish: St Just in Penwith
  • Portuguese: St Just in Penwith
  • Romanian: St Just, Penwith
  • Romanian: St Just
  • Russian: Сент-Джаст-ин-Первиф
  • South Azerbaijani: سنت جاست-این-پنویث
  • Spanish: St Just in Penwith
  • Swedish: St Just
  • Tamil: ஸ்ட ஜஸ்ட் இன் பேணவித்
  • Telugu: సెయింట్ జస్ట్ ఇన్ పెన్విత్
  • Turkish: St Just, Penwith
  • Urdu: سینٹ جسینٹ ان پینویتھ
  • Welsh: St Just in Penwith

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