St Buryan

village and former civil parish in Cornwall, England

St Buryan (Cornish: Pluwveryan) is a small village in the far west of Cornwall. It is a site of special historic interest, and contains many listed buildings including the famous grade I listed church. The parish is situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is a popular tourist destination.

Understand

The village is part of the parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul, which had a population of around 1400 in 2011.

Get in

The nearest station is Penzance, from where there are buses (operated by First Bus Cornwall) going on their way to Lands' End. There are also occasional buses from St Just in Penwith.

Get around

Easy parking everywhere, then just walk and stroll around.

See

The principal sight is the church.

  • 🌍 St Buryan Church, St Buyan. A Grade 1 listed building with a beautiful rood screen, rare in this area. The bells of St Buryan's Church are the heaviest full circle peal of six anywhere in the world. 
  • 🌍 Merry Maidens (Grid ref: SW433245). A stone circle. 
  • 🌍 Boscawen Un (Nine Maidens) (SW412274). A stone circle. The first Cornish Gorsedd (Gorseth Kernow) in over one thousand years was held in the parish in the stone circle at Boscawen-Un on 21 September 1928. The procession, guided by the bards of the Welsh Gorsedd and with speeches mostly in Cornish was aimed at promoting Cornish culture and literature. 

Do

Wander around and enjoy this perfect village, not spoiled by crowds as it stands away from the coast.

top of rood screen

The feast of St Buriana is celebrated on the Sunday nearest to 13 May (although the saint's official day is 1 May) consisting of fancy dress and competitions for the children of the village and usually other entertainments later in the evening.

Buy

  • Local grocery / paper shop.

Eat

Drink

Two pubs.

Sleep

There's a few B&Bs dotted around the village, as well a number of self catered holiday lets (normally quite pricy, and rented by the week).

Connect

Go next

Penzance

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