Landewednack ( (hamlet) or (parish)) is a

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and an area of

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, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated approximately south of

Helston Helston () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the The Lizard, Lizard Peninsula approximately east of Penzance and south-west of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth.Ordnance Survey: ...

.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' Landewednack is the most southerly parish on the British mainland.GENUKI website; Landewednack
retrieved April 2010 The parish church, dedicated to St Winwallow, is the most southerly in

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and is built of local serpentine stone (see St Wynwallow's Church, Landewednack). Caerthillian

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and

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sits on the western border of the parish. The hamlet of Landewednack is now part of

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village.

Twinning

Landewednack is twinned with

Landévennec Landévennec (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Geography Landévennec is located on the Crozon peninsula, southeast of Brest. The river Aulne forms a natural boundary to the ea ...

() in

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, France.

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Civil parishes in Cornwall Hamlets in Cornwall Lizard Peninsula {{Kerrier-geo-stub