Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Blackwater, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blackwater 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 Blackwater, 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 | Blackwater |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.270808 |
| Longitude | -5.180325 |
| Place Type | Village |
Blackwater draws its character from the rugged, mineral-rich pulse of the Cornish mining landscape. It lies 3.2 miles north-east of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 38°T, OS grid SW 734 460), and is situated north-east of Wheal Rose village. Ancient earthworks mark the high ground nearby, where the Two Bowl Barrows at Two Burrows stand as silent sentinels watching over the shifting Atlantic light. Beneath these quiet mounds, the terrain rolls toward the coast, carrying the heavy, rusted memory of industry long departed. The air here holds a crisp, maritime sharpness, cutting through the low-lying hollows that once echoed with the rhythmic clatter of stamps and gears. Further to the west, the traces of prehistoric enclosures near Coosewartha Farm offer a deeper perspective on a land that has been worked by human hands for millennia. Blackwater persists as a thin, linear ribbon of dwellings, its quiet streets reflecting the stark, enduring beauty of a countryside shaped by the relentless extraction of copper and tin.
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Explore Blackwater, 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: 50.270808, -5.180325. 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. |