Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Boswarthen, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Boswarthen 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 Boswarthen, 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 | Boswarthen |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.143096 |
| Longitude | -5.582331 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Boswarthen emerges from the granite-strewn landscape of West Penwith as a collection of quiet dwellings framed by the wide, Atlantic-flecked horizon. It lies 2.6 miles north-west of Penzance (from Penzance: bearing 312°T, OS grid SW 441 331), and is situated north-west of Madron village. The air here carries a sharp, saline clarity, an atmospheric gift from the nearby West Penwith Moors and Downs SSSI that stretches out in a vast, undulating expanse of gorse and heath. Ancient, weathered stone walls delineate the small, irregular fields surrounding Boswarthen, where the soil clings tenaciously to the underlying igneous rock. A short distance away, the moss-softened stones of the Madron Well Chapel offer a silent meditation on the centuries of pilgrims who once sought solace in the trickling, cold waters of the nearby holy well. The light in this corner of Cornwall possesses a peculiar, silvery quality, reflecting off the mica in the granite until the very ground seems to hold a faint, subterranean luminescence. Agriculture has long defined the rhythm of these lanes, with the slow passage of seasons marked by the shifting colours of the gorse and the low, persistent hum of the wind. Boswarthen remains a place of profound stillness, where the modern world feels distant, eclipsed by the enduring weight of the moorland and the profound, unyielding character of the Cornish earth.
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Explore Boswarthen, 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: 50.143096, -5.582331. 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. |