Badgall

Badgall is a small, unassuming hamlet in the parish of Laneast, Cornwall, England. Tucked into the South West and carrying the PL15 postcode district, it sits six miles north‑east of Launceston and is precisely located at Ordnance Survey grid reference SX 235 866. For travellers drawn to quieter places, Badgall offers the reassurance of a settlement that feels quietly rooted in its parish. There is a pleasure in locating it on a map, plotting the short drive from Launceston and arriving somewhere modest yet complete. The hamlet’s scale encourages a slow, attentive approach to the lanes and landscape of Laneast parish, rewarding the visitor with the kind of understated encounter that lingers in memory. Whether you pass through on a wider Cornish itinerary or pause to note its position, Badgall exemplifies the appeal of the county’s lesser-known corners: simple, sincere and very much of its place.