Callington is a civil parish and town in east Cornwall, England, UK about 7 miles (11 kilometres) north of Saltash and also 9 miles (14 km) south of Launceston. Callington church had a population of 4,783 in 2001, according to the 2001 census. This had enhanced to 5,786 in the 2011 census. Callington is among a small number of communities to continue to assign a Portreeve; originally a medieval income policeman and currently an honorary title provided to the chairman of the town council. Callington Town Council has twelve participants and also covers the civil church of Callington. At the Council political elections in 2013 only 10 candidates stood, eight Independents as well as 2 Mebyon Kernow Councillors. Food producers Ginsters as well as The Cornwall Bakery (both entirely had subsidiaries of Samworth Brothers) are the biggest companies in the community. Ginsters makes use of local produce in a number of its items, buying potatoes as well as other veggies from neighborhood farmers and suppliers. Historic listed structure The Old Clink on Tillie St, built in 1851 as a lock-up for drunks as well as drifters, is currently used as the workplaces for a local driving college. There is also a Tesco grocery store, opened up in 2010, which utilizes 200 neighborhood individuals.