Marazion (/mærəˈzaɪən/; Cornish: Marghasyow[1]) is a civil parish and town, on the shore of Mount's Bay in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

[2] Marazion is a tourist resort with an active community of artists who produce and sell paintings and pottery in the town's art galleries.

On the western side of the town is Marazion Marsh, a RSPB reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

Remains of an ancient bronze furnace, discovered near the town, tend to prove that tin smelting was practised here at an early period.

[4] The charter attributed to Robert, Count of Mortain granted lands and liberties to St Michael's Mount opposite Marazion and included a market on Thursdays.

To remedy the loss incurred by this measure Ralph Bloyou in 1331 procured for himself and his heirs a market on Mondays and a fair on the vigil, feast, and morrow of St Andrew at Marghasyon.

Marazion was once a flourishing town, owing its prosperity to the throng of pilgrims who came to visit St Michael's Mount (this ceased at the time of the Reformation).

The boat was transferred to the neighbouring Penlee Lifeboat Station at Newlyn on the other side of Mounts Bay where there is a larger population to draw the crews from.

[12] At the end of the Second World War a number of naval vessels, the most famous of which was the battleship HMS Warspite were broken up on the beaches at Marazion.

In 2021, the town received a brief spike in publicity after submitting itself for consideration for city status as part of Queen Elizabeth II's jubilee celebrations.

The bid was considered by most to be hopeless, however if granted, Marazion would have been the smallest city in the UK, taking the title from St Davids in Wales.

On 1 November 1880 the Trust put up for auction the toll houses at Marazion and Wendron as well as ″materials″ such as granite posts, chains, gates, etc.

The coat of arms of the town of Marazion appears on the seal as three castles triple turreted and the motto is "Semper eadem" (Always the same).

In the second edition Marazion is described as "attractive as a whole" and he says of the area near the ferry port: the "cobbled pavements and old houses .. give a look of Lyme Regis to the old centre of the town".

The Listing states that it was built circa 1775 for William Cornish a former mayor; extensions were added in the mid 19th century at the rear and the east side of the building.

The listing report stated that the house included "original slate floors, open fireplaces, sash windows, exposed beams, intricate cornices and wood panelling" and featured views of St Michael's Mount.

The Ebenezer (Free Methodist Church) chapel at the west end of the town is a classical revival building of 1862 with galleries, Grade II listed[26] and now turned into private dwellings.