Gwennap Cornwall Map
Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Gwennap, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gwennap 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 Gwennap, Cornwall
How to Use This Gwennap, Cornwall Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Gwennap, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Cornwall or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Gwennap and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Gwennap |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.217095 |
| Longitude | -5.171379 |
| Place Type | Village |
About Gwennap
Gwennap surveys its Cornish landscape with a quiet, ancient gaze. It lies 4.3 km east-south-east of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 116°T, OS grid SW 738 400), and is situated south-south-east of Carharrack village. The air here, carrying the faint scent of damp earth and distant sea, often seems to hold a peculiar stillness, as if time itself pauses to admire the rolling contours of the land. Once a heartland of Cornish mining, the legacy of this industrious past is whispered in the scattered stone remnants and the subtle depressions that mark the fields, a stark reminder of the human toil that shaped this terrain. The village green, a soft expanse of emerald, invites contemplation, its very texture speaking of countless seasons of sun and rain. Even the sunlight, when it breaks through the often-clouded Cornish skies, possesses a luminous quality, bathing Gwennap in a gentle, ethereal glow that hints at stories long since passed.
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About This Gwennap Map Page
Explore Gwennap, 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: 50.217095, -5.171379. 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 built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |
