Luxulyan is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Powder. It is bounded on the North by Lanivet, and the East by Lanlivery and Tywardreath, on the South by St Blazey and St Austell, and on the West by Roche. The principal villages and hamlets in the parish are: the Churchtown, Bridges, Treskilling, Rosemelling and Higher Menadue.