St Keverne

St Keverne is the main village on the eastern side of the Lizard peninsula, centred on a square with two pubs - the Three Tuns and the White Hart - a village stores, and the church of St Akeveranus. The churchyard contains memorials to hundreds of sailors lost on the Manacles, a notorious reef about a mile offshore that has caused over 100 recorded shipwrecks. The village hosts an annual Ox Roast on the square in August, a tradition dating back over a century.

Coverack, a fishing village with a small harbour and a sheltered swimming beach, is about 2 miles to the southeast. The coast path from Coverack south toward Kennack Sands passes through some of the Lizard’s most varied scenery, with serpentine rock formations and isolated coves. Inland, the parish is agricultural - dairy farming and spring flowers - and the network of lanes between St Keverne and the coast makes for good cycling on quiet roads.

Holiday properties around St Keverne are a mix of village cottages and converted farm buildings in the surrounding countryside. The village’s position makes it a useful base for exploring the eastern Lizard - Helston is about 8 miles northwest, Cadgwith is 4 miles south, and the Helford River is accessible via lanes to the north. The Lizard Lighthouse and the most southerly point of mainland Britain are about 7 miles to the southwest. Mobile signal can be patchy in the more remote parts of the parish.