Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Blowinghouse, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blowinghouse 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 Blowinghouse, 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 Blowinghouse and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Blowinghouse |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.230112 |
| Longitude | -5.246571 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Blowinghouse retains the rugged, unvarnished character of Cornwall’s industrial heartland, where the ghosts of deep-shaft mining still linger in the uneven contours of the earth. It lies 1.0 miles west-south-west of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 253°T, OS grid SW 685 417), and is situated north-west of Carn Brea Village village. Granite outcrops define the skyline, punctuated by the stoic profile of Carn Brea Castle, which watches over the surrounding valleys with a singular, archaic gravity. The sunlight here often catches the mica in the soil, casting a faint, metallic shimmer across the lanes as the day wanes. Below the slopes, the ruins of the former Methodist Church offer a quiet sanctuary of lichen-covered stone, standing as a stark witness to the shifts in local faith and labour. Nearby, the waters of the House of Water mirror the shifting clouds, providing a calm, reflective depth to a landscape otherwise defined by its hard, mineral-rich past. Blowinghouse feels caught between the echoes of heavy machinery and the encroaching silence of the wild, gorse-strewn hills. This place holds a sharp, clear air that carries the scent of salt from the coast and the cooling damp of the inland mines.
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Explore Blowinghouse, 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: 50.230112, -5.246571. 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. |