Talland is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of West; it is bounded on the North by Pelynt and Duloe, on the East by the estuary of the River Duloe which separates it from St Martin's-by-Looe, on the South by the English Channel, and on the West by Lansallos and Pelynt. Talland is located on the South coast of Cornwall at the head of Talland Bay, between Polperro to the West, and West Looe to the East. The main town of the parish is Polperro. The town of Polperro itself used to be divided between the two parishes of Lansallos and Talland by the River Pol though in 1875 the boundaries were re-drawn and the whole of Polperro is now entirely within Talland ecclesiastical parish.