Golant

Golant
Cornish: *Golnans*
Golant Cornish: Golnans;
	The Fowey estuary at Golant
	Golant Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference	SX122548
Civil parish	St Sampson;
Unitary authority	Cornwall;
Ceremonial county	Cornwall;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FOWEY
Postcode district	PL23
Dialling code	01726
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	South East Cornwall;
	List of places UK England Cornwall 50°21′46″N 4°38′30″W / 50.3629°N 4.6416°W

Golant (Cornish: Golnans)^[1] is a village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the west bank of the River Fowey and in the civil parish of St Sampson.^[2]

Golant is about two miles (3 km) north of Fowey and seven miles (11 km) east of St Austell.^[3]

Golant church is dedicated to St Sampson of Dol. The poet John Betjeman remarked that its pews were "extremely uncomfortable, recall the fidgets of Gus and Flora in Ravenshoe".^[4] The church was mentioned in the book England’s Thousand Best Churches by Simon Jenkins.^[5]

The village is on the Saints' Way long-distance footpath.^[6]

^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 9780319229385
^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 9780319229385
^ Betjeman, John, ed. (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South. London: Collins; pp. 147-48
^ Jenkins, Simon (2009). England's Thousand best Churches. Copac. ISBN 9780141039305. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
^ [1] Cornwall County Council website; The Saints' Way. Retrieved April 2010

[1] Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.

[2] Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 9780319229385

[3] Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 9780319229385

[4] Betjeman, John, ed. (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South. London: Collins; pp. 147-48

[5] Jenkins, Simon (2009). England's Thousand best Churches. Copac. ISBN 9780141039305. Retrieved 24 April 2010.

[6] [1] Cornwall County Council website; The Saints' Way. Retrieved April 2010

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Golant Cornish: Golnans
The Fowey estuary at Golant
Golant Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference	SX122548
Civil parish	St Sampson
Unitary authority	Cornwall
Ceremonial county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FOWEY
Postcode district	PL23
Dialling code	01726

Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western

UK Parliament	South East Cornwall
List of places UK England Cornwall 50°21′46″N 4°38′30″W / 50.3629°N 4.6416°W / 50.3629; -4.6416