St Gluvias is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Kerrier; it is bounded on the North by Perranarworthal and Mylor, on the East by Mylor and Budock, on the South by Mabe and on the West by Stithians. The town of Penryn lies North West of the port of Falmouth, projecting into the creeks of Falmouth harbour. Apart from the town of Penryn the principal village of St Gluvias is Ponsanooth, which had its own Wesleyan Methodist chapel to which a cemetery was attached, and a Primitive Methodist chapel. Other villages are Burnthouse, and Treluswell, which also had its own Methodist chapel.