Geography
Linkinhorne Parish is in south east Cornwall, in Caradon District Council area. It covers an area of 3207 hectares, approximately a rectangle 5 miles (E-W) by 3 miles (N-S). The population is approximately 1500, with no major town or village.
The western parts of Linkinhorne parish lie on the eastern slopes of Bodmin Moor, an area of granite moorland, rising to over 380m above sea level at Sharptor, above the Cheesewring, a granite outcrop of apparently precariously balanced rocks. The highest village in the parish is Minions, at 302m asl; from much of this area there a wide views across the lower parts of the parish, the Tamar Valley and estuary, and Dartmoor in the distance. Much of the moorland is covered in peat, heather and bracken, and is little developed, although in the past this was a major mining and quarrying area.
Traveling east from the Moor, the land drops to the gentler hills and river valleys which cover most of the parish. Most of this land is agricultural or woodland; the climate is mild and rarely is there prolonged cold in the winter - snow and frost rarely lasting more than a day or two. The hills rise to around 150m asl, and the main valley, that of the river Lynher, falls from about 90m to 60m asl as it crosses the parish from north to south. The river valleys tend to be steep sided and heavily wooded. Agriculture on the flatter hills is a mix of sheep, cattle and arable farming.
There are no major roads in the parish, and no railway. Two classified roads, the B3254, running north-south and the B3257 running northwest-southeast cross the parish, providing road links to Launceston, Liskeard and Callington. Most of the villages are accessible only via unclassified roads, some of which are narrow and unsuitable for buses and trucks.
About the Parish
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July 2008