Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Black Cross, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Black Cross 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 Black Cross, 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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| Place | Black Cross |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.409055 |
| Longitude | -4.943381 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Black Cross emerges from the Cornish landscape as a modest collection of dwellings connected by the quiet, purposeful veins of local lanes. It lies 1.8 miles south of St Columb Major (from St Columb Major: bearing 184°T, OS grid SW 909 607), and is situated north-north-west of Trevarren village. Low-hanging clouds frequently brush the verdant fields surrounding Black Cross, casting a slate-grey sheen over the hedgerows that define the perimeter of the pastureland. A short distance away, the Devil's Quoit stands as an ancient, weathered sentry, its presence imbuing the nearby earth with a sense of prehistoric permanence. The light here possesses a singular, piercing clarity, particularly in the late afternoon when the sun catches the damp stone of the older garden walls. Residents often look toward the gentle rise of the horizon, where the landscape stretches out toward the distant, shimmering expanse of Ruthvoes Reservoir. History lingers in the very topography, suggesting a past shaped by the slow movement of agricultural life rather than the clamour of industry. Black Cross remains a place of understated endurance, where the wind carries the faint, bracing scent of the Atlantic from the north.
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Explore Black Cross, 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: 50.409055, -4.943381. 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. |