Paul

Paul (Cornish: Breweni) is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the civil parish of Penzance. The village is two miles (3 km) south of Penzance and one mile (1.6 km) south of Newlyn. Paul was an ancient parish, which as well as Paul village included Newlyn, Mousehole and surrounding rural areas. In 1934 the eastern part of the parish, including its three main settlements of Paul, Newlyn and Mousehole, was absorbed into the borough of Penzance. A civil parish of Paul continued to exist after 1934, just covering the more rural western parts of the old parish which had not been absorbed into Penzance. That civil parish of Paul was eventually abolished in 2021, when the area became part of the parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul. Like many Cornish communities Paul has its own community celebration. Paul Feast is held on the Sunday nearest to 10 October every year when the village is decorated and a civic service takes place on the Sunday of the feast itself led by the Mayor of Penzance.