Golant otherwise called St Sampson is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Powder. It is bounded on the North by Lanlivery, on the East by the River Fowey which separates it from St Winnow, St Veep and Lanteglos, on the South by Fowey, and on the West by Tywardreath. Golant is a village on the West bank of the Fowey river. The small Church has a holy well by the South porch and is dedicated to St Sampson, by whose name the parish is usually known.