Ludgvan is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Penwith. It is bounded on the North by Towednack and Lelant, on the East by St Erth and St Hilary, on the South by Mount's Bay and Gulval, and on the West by Gulval and Towednack. It lies to the South of St Ives. The parish is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086. The Churchtown village is small, although the area covered by the parish includes the larger village of Crowlas. Other smaller villages and Hamlets are Lower Quarter, Cockwells, Whitecross, Canonstown, and Manwinion.