St Anthony-in-Meneage

St Anthony-in-Meneage is a small coastal hamlet and civil parish on Cornwall’s Lizard peninsula. Situated in the Meneage district and carrying the TR12 postcode, it sits in the South West of England as part of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish combines village and civic identity: in the 2001 census it recorded 171 residents, a figure that modestly decreased to 168 by the 2011 census. Those numbers underline its intimate scale and parish character, firmly placing St Anthony-in-Meneage among Cornwall’s smaller coastal communities. As both a named settlement and administrative parish, it offers a clear sense of place within the distinctive geography of the Lizard peninsula and the broader county. For readers seeking an authentic Cornish hamlet, St Anthony-in-Meneage presents a concise portrait of rural coastal life in the South West—defined by its parish status, its location within the Meneage district, and its small, steady population across the early twenty‑first century censuses.