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The parish of Mawgan-in-Meneage is a largely rural area situated to the south of Helston in the Meneage area of the Lizard Peninsula. Mawgan village and the hamlet of Garras are the principal areas of habitation and the population as at the 2011 census was 1437 of which 736 live at RNAS Culdrose.
The parish lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the intertidal SSSI touches the parish at Trelowarren Mill.
The oldest part of Mawgan village is Churchtown around St Mawgan Church. The Church, which is in the four-parish Benefice of Meneage, is Grade 1 listed and dates back to the 13th century, although there has been a religious presence here since the 6th century and St. Mawgan and was mentioned in the Exeter Domesday Book of 1085.
