Lizard Point, Cornwall
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Lizard Point (from Cornish an Lysardh 'the high court') in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula. It is situated half-a-mile (800 m) south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Helston.[1]
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Lizard Point
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Southernmost part of Lizard Point | |
Location within Cornwall | |
OS grid reference | SW695115 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | TR12 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
49.9591°N 5.2065°W / 49.9591; -5.2065 |
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Lizard Point is the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain at 49° 57' 30" N.[2] With the exception of parts of the Isles of Scilly, it is the southernmost part of England and the wider United Kingdom.