Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Altarnun, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Altarnun 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 | Altarnun |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.604084 |
| Longitude | -4.512215 |
| Place Type | Village |
Altarnun reveals itself through the grey, enduring granite of its church, a structure often called the Cathedral of the Moors. It lies 7.0 miles west-south-west of Launceston (from Launceston: bearing 252°T, OS grid SX 223 812), and is situated north-north-west of Fivelanes village. The light here pulls long, silver shadows across the ancient stones of the medieval wayside cross standing silently in the churchyard. Beyond the church, the land rises toward the rugged, wind-brushed heights of Trekennick Tor, where the air tastes of salt and distant gorse. Further south, the dampened, quiet expanse of Trewint Marsh holds the winter rains, mirroring the shifting moods of a vast Cornish sky. Altarnun remains a place where the weight of centuries presses into the bedrock, marked by the steady, unpretentious endurance of those who walk its lanes. The water of the nearby streams cuts through the landscape with a persistent, rhythmic clarity that has shaped the valley for ages. Time seems to gather in the hollows here, lingering long after the sun has slipped behind the western hills.
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Explore Altarnun, 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: 50.604084, -4.512215. 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. |