Morwenstow

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Morwenstow Cornish: Logmorwenna
Morwenstow Location within Cornwall
Civil parish	Morwenstow
Unitary authority	Cornwall
Ceremonial county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Cornwall
List of places UK England Cornwall 50°54′32″N 4°33′11″W / 50.909°N 4.553°W / 50.909; -4.553

Morwenstow (Cornish: Logmorwenna)^[1] is a civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish abuts the west coast, about six miles (10 km) north of Bude^[2] and within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Morwenstow is the most northerly parish in Cornwall.^[3] As well as the churchtown (a hamlet called Crosstown), other settlements in the parish include Shop, Woodford, Gooseham, Eastcott, Woolley and West Youlstone. The population at the 2011 census was 791.^[4] Morwenstow parish is bounded to the north and east by parishes in Devon, to the south by Kilkhampton parish and to the west by the Atlantic.^[5] The River Tamar has its source at a spring on Woolley Moor,^[6] at 50°55′25″N 4°27′44″W / 50.9235°N 4.4622°W / 50.9235; -4.4622, which is in the parish near the border with Devon.

Morwenstow is the one-time home of the eccentric vicar and poet Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1875), the writer of Cornwall's anthem Trelawny. Hawker is also credited with reviving the custom of Harvest Festivals.