St. Germans is a small riverside village and parish in south‑east Cornwall, England, sitting on the tidal River Tiddy where it meets the River Lynher. It lies in the scenic Tamar Valley close to Saltash and within easy commuting distance of Plymouth, with its own station on the Cornish main line that keeps the village connected despite its rural setting.
Historically the village grew as a modest river port and ecclesiastical centre: the ancient priory church of St. Germans contains notable medieval fabric and fittings, and the settlement was for a long time a parliamentary borough that lost its representation under the Reform Act of 1832. Today the local economy is largely agricultural and residential, supplemented by tourism, waterside leisure and small local businesses, and the place retains a compact core of period houses, pubs and a strong sense of community typical of rural Cornwall.
Postcode districts covering St. Germans
Most populated places nearby
- Plymouth 9.1 miles14.6 km
- St. Austell 21 miles33.7 km
- Saltash 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Bodmin 18.9 miles30.4 km
- Tavistock 12.7 miles20.5 km
- Ivybridge 17.1 miles27.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Sheviock Parish 1.5 miles2.3 km
- Landrake with St. Erney Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Rame Peninsula & St. Germans Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Landrake Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Deviock Parish 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Saltash Trematon & Landrake Ward 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Downderry Built-up area 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Antony Parish 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Botusfleming Parish 3.6 miles5.9 km
- Carkeel Built-up area 3.7 miles6 km
- Saltash Built-up area 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Saltash Tamar Ward 4 miles6.4 km
Example postcodes in St. Germans
PL12 5LT, PL12 5LQ, PL12 5NQ, PL12 5LU, PL12 5LB, PL12 5LL, PL12 5NN, PL12 5NW, PL12 5NU … See all
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 30.3 miles48.8 km
- Exeter International Airport 45.8 miles73.7 km
- St Germans Railway Station 0.1 miles0.1 km
- Saltash Railway Station 4.5 miles7.3 km
Hotels near St. Germans Ad
- Finnygook Inn 2.1 miles3.4 km
- The Craft House 4 7.5 miles12.1 km
- China Fleet Country Club 4 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Great Trethew Manor Hotel & Restaurant 4 4.8 miles7.7 km
- The Liscawn 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Fox on the Hoe 4 7.5 miles12.2 km
- Rooms by Bistrot Pierre 4 6.7 miles10.9 km
- The Gate Cornwall 8.3 miles13.4 km
- Moxy Plymouth 4 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Talland Bay Hotel, Looe 4 9 miles14.4 km
Local points of interest
- Tregantle Beach Beach 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Antony Estate Estate 3.7 miles6 km
- Mount Edgcumbe Estate 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Home Park Stadium 7 miles11.3 km
- Sensory Garden Gardens 7.6 miles12.3 km
- Cattewater Estate 8.8 miles14.1 km
- Hingston Down Hill 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Polperro Harbor Harbour 10.1 miles16.2 km
- Polperro Harbour Heritage Museum Museum 10.1 miles16.3 km
- Lansallos Beach Beach 12.6 miles20.2 km
- Boconnoc Estate 13.6 miles21.8 km
- Fowey Harbour Harbour 14.8 miles23.9 km