Lantyan is a settlement in

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

, United Kingdom. It is situated on the west side of the

River Fowey The River Fowey ( ; kw, Fowi) is a river in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It rises at Fowey Well (originally kw, Fenten Fowi, meaning ''spring of the river Fowey'') about north-west of Brown Willy on Bodmin Moor, not far from one of i ...

just over a mile (1.6 km) south of Lostwithiel. Lantyan Wood is in the care of the

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. It is south of the settlement and covers the steep-sided Fowey valley with a network of tracks to give access.
The Woodland Trust website; Lantyan Wood; retrieved April 2010 The Saints' Way long-distance footpath passes nearby.

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