(Hamlet near Downgate)
Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Holmbush, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Holmbush 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.
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| Place | Holmbush |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.528334 |
| Longitude | -4.308029 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Holmbush emerges from the Cornish landscape as a quiet witness to the extractive ambitions of a bygone industrial age. It lies 1.8 miles north of Callington (from Callington: bearing 11°T, OS grid SX 365 723), and is situated west-south-west of Downgate village. The earth here holds the heavy memory of copper and tin, evidenced by the skeletal remains of the Holmbush Mine, where the Windsor Lane rotative engine house still casts a long, brooding shadow over the bracken. Where once the clatter of machinery defined the horizon, only the wind now navigates the ruins, pulling soft, grey light across the jagged masonry. To the south-east, the looming presence of Kit Hill rises like a dark sentinel, its summit offering a silent perspective over the patchwork of fields that define the immediate geography. The nearby Alren Stream traces a thin, silver vein through the lower ground, its path a constant, low-frequency murmur against the stillness of the surrounding slopes. Holmbush retains a singular, sparse dignity, feeling less like a place of human residence and more like a bridge between the deep, mineral-rich soil and the expansive, shifting skies of the South West.
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Explore Holmbush, 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: 50.528334, -4.308029. 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 | September 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. |