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Gunnislake Cornwall Map

Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West

Explore Gunnislake, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gunnislake map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of Gunnislake, Cornwall

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceGunnislake
Traditional CountyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.524414
Longitude-4.213476
Place TypeVillage

About Gunnislake

Gunnislake commands the steep, verdant slopes of the Tamar Valley, where the river carves a restless boundary between Cornwall and Devon. It lies 3.5 miles west-south-west of Tavistock (from Tavistock: bearing 240°T, OS grid SX 431 717), and is situated east-north-east of St Ann's Chapel village. The local topography is defined by the sharp descent toward the water, where the air often carries a damp, metallic tang that suggests the earth’s long industrial memory. Visitors might encounter the monumental stonework of the Gunnislake Clitters Copper, Tin, Arsenic And Wolfram Mine, where the skeletal remains of chimneys pierce the sky like weathered teeth. Closer to the centre, the public artwork of Wheal Talk serves as a quiet sentinel, grounding the modern day against the heavy, subterranean legacy of the extraction industries. Beyond the roads, the remnants of the South Bedford Mine offer a stark, grey contrast to the vibrant greens of the encroaching bracken. Gunnislake maintains a stoic character, shaped by the hard labour of those who once sought mineral wealth beneath the granite crust. The light here has a peculiar quality, filtering through the valley mist to cast long, melancholic shadows across the stone cottages that climb the hillside.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Wheal Talk (Public Artwork) — 0.0 mi, 242° WSW
  • South Bedford Mine (Historic Ruins) — 0.2 mi, 071° ENE
  • Minshaft (Historic Ruins) — 0.3 mi, 073° ENE
  • Canal, Lock, Island And Salmon Keeping Pond Known Collectively As The Tamar Canal (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 149° SSE · 2 ha
  • Gunnislake Clitters Copper, Tin, Arsenic And Wolfram Mine (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 294° WNW · 12 ha
  • Millennium Green (Park) — 0.9 mi, 214° SW
  • Greenhill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 252° WSW
  • Devon Great Consols Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.0 mi, 358° N
  • Blanchdown Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.0 mi, 317° NW
  • Early 20Th Century Arsenic Works At The Devon Great Consols Mine (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 339° NNW
  • Hingston Down Quarry & Consols Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.3 mi, 265° W · 24 ha
  • The Tamar Valley Donkey Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 1.5 mi, 242° WSW
  • Morwellham Quay (Attraction) — 1.5 mi, 149° SSE
  • Morewelldown Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 1.8 mi, 094° E
  • Calstock View (Viewpoint) — 2.0 mi, 191° S
  • Cotehele House (Attraction) — 2.0 mi, 195° SSW
  • River Lumburn (River) — 2.2 mi, 086° E
  • Cotehele House and Mill (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 200° SSW
  • The Shamrock (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 191° S
  • Cotehele Quay Discovery Centre (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 191° S
  • Tamar Valley (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) — 2.9 mi, 180° S · 196 ha
  • Double Waters (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.0 mi, 111° ESE
  • Luckett Chapel memorial (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 295° WNW
  • The Meadows Pleasure Ground (Park) — 3.2 mi, 064° ENE
  • Silver Valley (Valley) — 3.2 mi, 251° WSW
  • Tiddy Brook (River) — 3.2 mi, 075° ENE
  • Kit Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.5 mi, 264° W
  • Tavistock Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 060° ENE
  • The Pimple (Viewpoint) — 3.9 mi, 072° ENE
  • Endsleigh (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 4.3 mi, 320° NW · 215 ha

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About This Gunnislake Map Page

Explore Gunnislake, Cornwall, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.524414, -4.213476. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtSeptember 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.