Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Baldhu, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Baldhu 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Baldhu, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Cornwall or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Baldhu and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Baldhu |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.247846 |
| Longitude | -5.124839 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Baldhu retains a quiet, stoic presence upon the rolling ridges of Cornwall, marked by the lingering echoes of its industrial past. It lies 3.4 miles west-south-west of Truro (from Truro: bearing 252°T, OS grid SW 773 433), and is situated north-east of Twelveheads village. Stone walls divide the thin, hungry soil of the fields, where the light often pulls long, melancholic shadows across the undulating terrain. To the east, the earth rises toward the ancient, grass-grown mound of the Goodern Barrow, a silent sentinel watching over the low-lying hollows. The architecture of the region bears the heavy, grey weight of granite, grounding Baldhu in a landscape defined by the remnants of deep-shaft mining. Beneath the surface, the ghosts of copper and tin extraction remain, though the quietude of the current day is broken only by the wind moving through the gorse. A short distance away, the dark, stagnant waters of the Wheal Maid Tailings offer a stark, industrial contrast to the verdant fields that otherwise define the horizon. In the stillness of an afternoon, one might discern the faint, rhythmic pulse of a place that once drove the machinery of an empire.
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Explore Baldhu, 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: 50.247846, -5.124839. 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. |