Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Boskednan, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Boskednan 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 Boskednan, 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 | Boskednan |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.156844 |
| Longitude | -5.583177 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Granite outcrops and the persistent, salt-tinged breath of the Atlantic define the rugged character of Boskednan. It lies 3.3 miles north-west of Penzance (from Penzance: bearing 324°T, OS grid SW 441 346), and is situated north-north-west of Madron village. The terrain here rises into the West Penwith Moors and Downs SSSI, where the thin, acidic soil supports hardy gorse and heather rather than the lush pastures of the lowlands. Ghostly silhouettes of the Ding Dong Mine engine house loom just a short walk to the north-north-west, marking a landscape where the deep ambition of Victorian tin miners once scarred the earth. Boskednan shares this windswept elevation with ancient stone monuments, including the nearby Nine Maidens, which stand as silent sentinels under the expansive, shifting Cornish sky. The quality of light in this high country is particularly sharp, often turning the grey moorland stones to a pale, metallic silver during the late afternoon. Visitors traversing the tracks toward Mulfra Hill find the air grows colder and more bracing, stripped of the shelter found in the valleys below. This remains a place of austere beauty, where the remnants of industrial toil have been quietly reclaimed by the relentless, open horizon.
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Explore Boskednan, 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: 50.156844, -5.583177. 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. |