Towednack is situated in the Western division of the Deanery and Hundred of Penwith. It is bounded on the North by St Ives on the East by Lelant on the South by Ludgvan and Gulval and on the West by Zennor and the ocean. Towednack is West and South of St. Ives. The chief villages of the parish are the Churchtown, Nancledra, and Trevidge Veor (or Trevessa).