The Lizard The Lizard "For the village also called The Lizard, see Lizard (village)" The Lizard () is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point at . Lizard village, also known as The Lizard, is the most southerly on the British mainland, and is in the civil parish of Landewednack, the most southerly parish. The valleys of the River Helford and Loe Pool form the northern boundary, with the rest of the peninsula surrounded by sea. The area measures about . The Lizard is one of England's natural regions
Constitutional status of Cornwall English". On the "Mappa Mundi", circa 1300, now in Hereford Cathedral, Cornwall (as "Cornubia") is one of the very few regions within Britain to be named individually. The significance and relevance of this is unclear; the map belongs to a category of map known as Complex (Great) World Maps and its depiction, within such a world context, should be seen in parallel with related contemporaneous material. The phrase "England and Cornwall" ("Anglia et Cornubia") has been used on occasion in post-Norman official documents referring to the Duchy of Cornwall: William Caxton's 1480 "Description of Britain" debated whether or not Cornwall