Gulval is near Penzance overlooking Mounts Bay. The parish of Gulval, otherwise known as Lanesly, is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Penwith; it is bounded on the North by Zennor, a detached portion of Madron which it nearly surrounds, and Towednack, on the East by Ludgvan, on the South by Mount's Bay and on the West by Madron. It is mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086. Gulval was incorporated into the parishes of Penzance, Madron and Ludgvan in 1934, and is now virtually a suburb of Penzance.