Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Boswinger, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Boswinger 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 Boswinger, 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 Boswinger and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Boswinger |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.237323 |
| Longitude | -4.819038 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Boswinger catches the salt-heavy wind that shears across the Cornish cliffs, holding its ground against the Atlantic’s restless pressure. It lies 7.1 miles south of St Austell (from St Austell: bearing 190°T, OS grid SW 990 412), and is situated south-west of Gorran Churchtown village. Stone walls here act as brittle barricades against the gorse, partitioning the sloping fields into a jagged, geometric puzzle of earth and lichen. The light at Boswinger has a metallic clarity, often bleaching the colour from the sky until the horizon merges with the grey-blue slate of the sea. A short walk leads to the shoreline of Hemmick Beach, where the tide retreats to expose teeth of bedrock worn smooth by centuries of relentless percussion. Beyond the immediate cliffs, the vast expanse of the Cuckoo Rock to Turbot Point SSSI stands as a rugged testament to the geological violence that shaped this coastline. Boswinger remains a place of sparse, hard-won existence, where the silence is broken only by the rhythmic clatter of gulls and the persistent, low-frequency hum of the tide. Here, the landscape does not offer comfort, but instead demands an acknowledgment of the raw, unyielding power of the South West.
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Explore Boswinger, 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: 50.237323, -4.819038. 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. |