Perran Downs is a hamlet near Perranuthnoe, Goldsithney and St Hilary in Cornwall, England. It is close by to the 13th-century St Hilary Church. Perran Downs lies in Penwith district (Cornwall and Isles of Scilly), and has a population of 1,577. A significant amount of semi-natural habitat of broad-leaved woodland can be found within and around Perran Downs.
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Halamanning is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, situated approximately 5.5 miles east of Penzance and 4 miles south of Hayle. Halamanning is in the parish of St Hilary and is in the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, which was designated as a World Heritage Site in 2006.
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Goldsithney is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the B3280 at grid reference SW546306, about four miles east of Penzance and one mile east of Marazion. It is in the civil parish of Perranuthnoe.
The centre of Goldsithney is a conservation area and has two pubs, a shop. The village holds a Charter fair in August each year.
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St Hilary is a civil parish and village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately five miles east of Penzance and four miles south of Hayle.
Chynoweth is an area immediately north of St Hilary churchtown. The land of the parish is high enough to provide views of bays on both coasts, St Ives Bay five miles north and Mount's Bay two miles south.
For the purposes of local government St Hilary has a parish council and elects councillors every four years. The principal local authority in the area is Cornwall Council. During the height of mining activity the population was three times that in the 1930s.
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Rosudgeon is a hamlet in the civil parish of Perranuthnoe in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, situated on the A394 Penzance to Helston road.
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The Church of St Hilary is an Early English–style church in the village of St Hilary, Cornwall, England. It features a 13th-century tower. Following a fire in 1853, the remainder of the church was rebuilt two years later by William White. The church is dedicated to Saint Hilary of Poitiers and is a Grade I listed building. The architecture is described in Pevsner's Buildings of England: Cornwall.
There are also some very small, isolated areas of coniferous woodland. An area of outstanding natural beauty, the landscape type is predominantly Grade 3 agricultural land of largely mixed farming with improved grassland as pasture for horses. Nearest large towns are Penzance, Hayle and Helston.
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