St Breward commonly called Simonward, is situated in the Hundred of Trigg and Deanery of Trigg Minor. It is bounded on the North by Advent and St Clether, on the East by Altarnun, on the South by Blisland and St Mabyn, and on the West by St Tudy and Michaelstow. The village of St Breward boasts the highest Church in Cornwall at about 700ft above sea-level, and is well known for granite and china clay quarries. Within the parish lie two of Cornwall’s best known landmarks: Roughtor and Brown Willy. The villages of the parish are the Churchtown, Treswallock, and Higher and Lower Lank.