Lelant
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 11 ′ N , 5 ° 26 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | ST. IVES | ||
| ZIP code section | TR26 | ||
| prefix | 01736 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South West England | ||
| Shire county | Cornwall | ||
| Ceremonial county | Cornwall | ||
| Unitary authority | Cornwall | ||
| Civil Parish | St Ives | ||
| British Parliament | St Ives | ||
Lelant (stress on the last syllable, cornish : Lalant ) is a village in the former District Penwith the county Cornwall in England at the mouth of the River Hayle and belongs to the municipality of 3 miles away St Ives . The station is Lelant the starting point for park-and-ride to St Ives.
This place was first mentioned in writing in 1170 as Lananta. The name of the place, formed from the Cornish words lann and St. Anta , means place of the church of St. Anta . In the Middle Ages , Lelant had a port at the mouth of the river , but it soon silted up. Today the mouth of the Hayle is a salt marshland and can only be navigated by light ships at high tide.
In the sand dunes in front of the river mouth is the Gothic church of St Uny, named after the Irish missionary Uny from the 6th century and built in the 15th century. Since it was constantly exposed to the risk of being overwhelmed by the dunes, extensive plantings of beach grass were put on to strengthen the sand dunes. The golf course of the West Cornwall Golf Club is located in the dunes directly adjacent to the church .
The writer Rosamunde Pilcher was born in Lelant in 1924 and baptized in St Uny.
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St Uny from the north
St Uny Cemetery
Carbis Bay at Lelant
Porth Kidney Sands and Hayle Towans Beach
Estuary of the Hayle
Godrevy Point lighthouse
