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{{Short description|Headland and tourist attraction in Cornwall, England}} {{Other uses}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Land's End | cornish_name = Penn an Wlas / Pedn an Wlas | static_image_name = 20210529 Lands End-9.jpg | static_image_caption = Cliffs at Land's End, showing Dr Syntax Head and Longships Lighthouse | country = England | region = South West England | unitary_england = [[Cornwall Council|Cornwall]] | lieutenancy_england = [[Cornwall]] | os_grid_reference = SW 34177 25339 | map_type = Cornwall | constituency_westminster = [[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]] | coordinates = {{coord|50|04|07|N|05|42|58|W|display=inline,title}} | dial_code = 01736 | post_town = PENZANCE | postcode_area = TR | postcode_district = TR19 }} '''Land's End'''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-45499594 |title=Cornwall Council adds apostrophe to Land's End |publisher=BBC News |date=12 September 2018 |access-date=12 September 2018 |archive-date=12 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312213511/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-45499594 |url-status=live }}</ref> ({{langx|kw|Penn an Wlas|label=[[Cornish language|Cornish]] [[Standard Written Form]]}} or ''Pedn an Wlas'')<ref>[http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=205a3451-0e49-4216-a825-d4a4ceba9ba2&version=-1 An English-Cornish Glossary in the Standard Written Form] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105003722/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=205a3451-0e49-4216-a825-d4a4ceba9ba2&version=-1 |date=5 November 2015 }} (gives both ''Penn an Wlas'' and ''Pedn an Wlas'')</ref> is a headland and tourist and holiday complex in western [[Cornwall]], England, United Kingdom, on the [[Penwith]] peninsula about {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} west-south-west of [[Penzance]] at the western end of the [[A30 road]]. To the east of it is the [[English Channel]], and to the west the [[Celtic Sea]]. Land's End is the [[Extreme points of the United Kingdom|most westerly]] point of mainland England.<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-23148-7}}</ref> However, it is not the westernmost point on mainland [[Great Britain]]. This title narrowly goes to [[Corrachadh MΓ²r]] in the [[Scottish Highlands]].
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