The pretty village by the seaside named one of the greatest in the UK
Lizard, a pretty village by the Cornish seaside, has been named one of the greatest in the UK.
A pretty village by the seaside has been named one of the greatest in the UK.
Lizard is a small village on the Cornish coast. It is mainland Britain’s most southerly village, around 10 miles south of Helston.
It was included in the Telegraph’s list of the 30 greatest villages in the UK, alongside Ombersley in Worcestershire and Aberffraw in Anglesey.
The newspaper said that the village is the perfect place to “escape the tourist horde and get a sense of Cornish tradition and community”.
It added that Lizard is “full of small pleasures and treasures” like winding lanes, lined with thatched cottages and 1930s bungalows that lead to clifftop panoramas.
Lizard is the hub of a cottage industry that converts locally quarried Serpentine stone into attractive ornaments, with the Telegraph saying that “you occasionally hear the buzz of a sander as an artisan turns the area’s rare blood-red stone into dishes and doorstops”.
Popular among visitors is a walk along a nearby stretch of Cornwall’s coastal footpath from Kynance Cove to the crab-fishing village of Cadgwith.
Lizard sits in a peninsula called The Lizard, one of England's natural regions and a designated National Character Area by Natural England. The peninsula is known for its rare plants and lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The coastline is dotted with little fishing harbours and gorgeous sandy bays fringed with rare rock formations and caves to explore.
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Within walking distance of the village are Lizard Point, Landewednack parish church, the lifeboat station, a collapsed sea cave known as the Lion's Den, a restored Marconi workshop and the Lizard lighthouse.
The village’s name could be derived from the Cornish ‘Lis’ for 'place' and ‘Ard’ for 'high' or the name "Lys Ardh", meaning "high court".
Those wishing to visit Lizard can get there via trains to Redruth and St Austell and buses into the village or by car via the A394. The village and surrounding area have a number of places to stay including holiday lets and B&Bs.
