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Drift is a village in the civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
 of Sancreed
Sancreed

Sancreed is a village and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, UK. The parish encompasses the settlements of Bejouans, Bosvennen, Botreah, Drift, Cornwall, Sancreed, Trenuggo, and Tregonnebris and is bounded by the parishes of St Just in Penwith to the west, Madron to the north-east and St Buryan and Paul, Cornwall in the sou...
 in the Penwith
Penwith

Penwith is a Non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, whose council is based in Penzance. The district covers all of the Penwith peninsula, the toe-like promontory of land at the western end of Cornwall and which includes an area of land to the east that falls outside the peninsula, being the most westerly distric...
 district of Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. The settlement lies approximately 2 miles west of Penzance
Penzance

Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK.Granted various Royal Charters from 1512 onwards and Incorporation in 1614, it has a population of 20,255 and is currently Penwith's principal town....
 and 6 miles from Land's End
Land's End

Land's End is a Headlands and bays on the Penwith peninsula, located near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the most Extreme points of the United Kingdom tip of the southern mainland ....
, along the A30
A30 road

The A30 is an old trunk road which runs from central London to Land's End, the westernmost point of the mainland of southern Great Britain , and is sometimes called the Great South West Road....
.

Drift is also home to a pair of standing megalith
Megalith

A megalith is a large Rock which has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones. Megalithic means structures made of such large stones, utilizing an interlocking system without the use of mortar or cement....
s called the 'Triganeeris Sisters' or 'Drift Stones'.








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Drift is a village in the civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
 of Sancreed
Sancreed

Sancreed is a village and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, UK. The parish encompasses the settlements of Bejouans, Bosvennen, Botreah, Drift, Cornwall, Sancreed, Trenuggo, and Tregonnebris and is bounded by the parishes of St Just in Penwith to the west, Madron to the north-east and St Buryan and Paul, Cornwall in the sou...
 in the Penwith
Penwith

Penwith is a Non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, whose council is based in Penzance. The district covers all of the Penwith peninsula, the toe-like promontory of land at the western end of Cornwall and which includes an area of land to the east that falls outside the peninsula, being the most westerly distric...
 district of Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. The settlement lies approximately 2 miles west of Penzance
Penzance

Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK.Granted various Royal Charters from 1512 onwards and Incorporation in 1614, it has a population of 20,255 and is currently Penwith's principal town....
 and 6 miles from Land's End
Land's End

Land's End is a Headlands and bays on the Penwith peninsula, located near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the most Extreme points of the United Kingdom tip of the southern mainland ....
, along the A30
A30 road

The A30 is an old trunk road which runs from central London to Land's End, the westernmost point of the mainland of southern Great Britain , and is sometimes called the Great South West Road....
.

Drift is also home to a pair of standing megalith
Megalith

A megalith is a large Rock which has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones. Megalithic means structures made of such large stones, utilizing an interlocking system without the use of mortar or cement....
s called the 'Triganeeris Sisters' or 'Drift Stones'.

See also

  • Drift Reservoir
    Drift Reservoir

    Drift Reservoir is a reservoir in Penwith district, Cornwall, UK, just north of Drift, Cornwall village, southwest of Penzance. The reservoir is approximately a mile long....


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