Callington is a civil parish as well as town in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom concerning 7 miles (11 km) north of Saltash as well as 9 miles (14 kilometres) south of Launceston. Callington parish had a population of 4,783 in 2001, according to the 2001 census. This had actually enhanced to 5,786 in the 2011 census. Callington is among a handful of towns to continue to appoint a Portreeve; initially a medieval revenue police officer and currently an honorary title given to the chairman of the town council. Callington Town Council has twelve participants and also covers the civil parish of Callington. At the Council political elections in 2013 just ten prospects stood, 8 Independents as well as two Mebyon Kernow Councillors. Food manufacturers Ginsters as well as The Cornwall Bakery (both completely possessed subsidiaries of Samworth Brothers) are the largest companies in the community. Ginsters utilizes regional fruit and vegetables in a lot of its products, getting potatoes as well as other vegetables from regional farmers and distributors. Historic detailed building The Old Clink on Tillie St, constructed in 1851 as a lock-up for drunks and drifters, is now used as the workplaces for a neighborhood driving college. There is additionally a Tesco grocery store, opened in 2010, which employs 200 local individuals.