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Canon's Town Cornwall Map

Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West

Explore Canon's Town, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Canon's Town 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.

Interactive Map of Canon's Town, Cornwall

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Canon's Town, 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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PlaceCanon's Town
Traditional CountyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.165482
Longitude-5.455936
Place TypeVillage

About Canon's Town

Canon's Town occupies a singular position within the verdant, rolling geography of West Cornwall. It lies 2.0 miles south-west of Hayle (from Hayle: bearing 230°T, OS grid SW 532 352), and is situated south-west of Rose-an-Grouse village. The morning light here often catches the moist, low-lying fields, casting a pale and pearlescent glow over the dark, damp earth of the surrounding valley. A short distance away, the ancient, weathered stone of the Medieval Wayside Cross at Whitecross stands as a silent sentinel, marking the slow passage of centuries against the modern hum of the road. Canon's Town retains a quiet, industrious character, its houses arranged with a functional simplicity that respects the incline of the land. To the west, the rugged silhouette of Trencrom Hill commands the horizon, its ancient granite bulk providing a dramatic contrast to the cultivated pastures below. The nearby Nance Stream traces a winding, silver ribbon through the landscape, its rhythmic flow punctuating the stillness of the afternoon. This particular corner of the county remains defined by its deep, earthen silence and the salt-tinged breeze that drifts inland from the Atlantic coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Medieval Wayside Cross At Whitecross, Near Crowlas (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 217° SW
  • Nance Stream (River) — 0.9 mi, 331° NNW
  • Sea Lane Cross, Lelant (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 034° NE
  • Trencrom Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 301° WNW
  • Neolithic Hilltop Enclosure And Iron Age Defended Settlement Known As Trencrom Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 300° WNW · 2 ha
  • St. Erth Sand Pits Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.5 mi, 092° E · 4 ha
  • Nance Fishing Lakes (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 322° NW
  • Paradise Park (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 055° NE
  • The Downes (St Michael'S Convent) (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.7 mi, 054° NE · 2 ha
  • Hayle Estuary & Carrack Gladden Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.8 mi, 034° NE · 192 ha
  • Carnsew Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 044° NE
  • Millpond Gardens (Park) — 1.9 mi, 054° NE
  • Harvey's Foundry (Historic Ruins) — 1.9 mi, 051° NE
  • Carbis Bay Stream (River) — 2.0 mi, 342° NNW
  • St Ives Archive (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 346° NNW
  • Ellis Park (Park) — 2.1 mi, 054° NE
  • Trink Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.1 mi, 302° WNW
  • Porth Kidney Sands (Beach) — 2.1 mi, 016° NNE
  • Carbis Valley (Valley) — 2.1 mi, 348° NNW
  • Knill's Monument (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 332° NNW
  • Copperhouse Pool (Wetland) — 2.5 mi, 047° NE
  • Hayle Towans (Beach) — 2.5 mi, 027° NNE
  • Bussow Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.0 mi, 318° NW
  • Aqua Obscura (Public Artwork) — 3.0 mi, 232° SW
  • Marizion Museum (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 194° SSW
  • The Leach Pottery (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 330° NNW
  • Shanty Baba's Lantern Ghost Storywalk (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 342° NNW
  • Royal Cinema (Cinema) — 3.4 mi, 340° NNW
  • Tindene Mine (Historic Ruins) — 3.4 mi, 131° SE
  • Saint Ives Theatre (Theatre) — 3.4 mi, 339° NNW

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About This Canon's Town Map Page

Explore Canon's Town, 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: 50.165482, -5.455936. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.