Callington
Sign in to saveCallington () is a town and civil parish in east Cornwall, England. It lies about north of Saltash and south of Launceston. The parish had a population of 5,983 in 2021.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Cornwall
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.official_name
- Callington
- UK place.cornish_name
- Kelliwik
- UK place.static_image_name
- Callington 1.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Fore Street, Callington's main street
- UK place.population
- 5,983
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Callington
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South East Cornwall
- UK place.post_town
- Callington
- UK place.postcode_district
- PL17
- UK place.postcode_area
- PL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01579
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX359696
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
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Callington () is a town and civil parish in east Cornwall, England. It lies about north of Saltash and south of Launceston. The parish had a population of 5,983 in 2021.
==Geography== The town is situated in east Cornwall between Dartmoor to the east and Bodmin Moor to the west. A former agricultural market town, it lies at the intersection of the south–north A388 Saltash to Launceston road and the east–west A390 Tavistock to Liskeard road.