Callington

Kit Hill is a mile north-east of the town and rises to 333 metres (1,093 ft) with views of Dartmoor, Bodmin Moor and the River Tamar.

One can still travel by rail on the Tamar Valley Line from Plymouth as far as Gunnislake via Bere Alston, where trains reverse.

Food manufacturers Ginsters and The Cornwall Bakery (both wholly owned subsidiaries of Samworth Brothers) are the largest employers in the town.

[5] Historic listed building The Old Clink on Tillie St, built in 1851 as a lock-up for drunks and vagrants,[6] is now used as the offices for a local driving school.

[citation needed] Callington has been postulated as one of the possible locations of the ancient site of Celliwig, associated with King Arthur.

The former Callington constituency, a rotten borough, elected two members to the unreformed House of Commons but was abolished by the Reform Act 1832.

Each of the four faces of the cross head features a carved figure beneath an ogee arch.

At the Council elections in 2013 only ten candidates stood, eight Independents and two Mebyon Kernow Councillors.

[citation needed] The neighbouring village of Kelly Bray has almost doubled in size in recent years with houses still being built in the area.

The town is served by the local newspaper, Cornish & Devon Post which publishes on Thursdays.

Callington Badminton Club plays on a Friday from 1900hrs till 2200hrs at the Community College sports hall.

Callington Bowling Club (established 1946) is based at Chantry Park, off the Liskeard Road.

St Mary's Church, viewed from the southeast
Tomb and effigy of Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke (d. 1502), St Mary's Church, Callington, north wall of chancel