St Just-in-Penwith is as its name suggests, located in the district of Penwith on the far Western tip of Cornwall. It should not be confused with St Just-in-Roseland which is to the south of Truro. Of the two parishes this is more commonly referred to as St Just. It is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Penwith, and is bounded on the North by the ocean and Morvah, on the East by Madron and Sancreed, on the South by St Buryan and Sennen and on the West by the ocean. Land's End lies just to the South of the parish. The parish extends along the coast from seven to eight miles in length, and is from two to three miles wide. It is separated from the adjoining parishes of St. Buryan and Sancreed by a ridge of hills which slope gradually towards the ocean. The town of St Just is the most westerly one in Britain; in size it would appear to be a village but it has its own Town Hall, town clock and a town council. The most important village in the parish was Pendeen. This became the centre of a new parish of Pendeen which was created from part of St Just in 1849.