Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Carfury, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Carfury 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 Carfury, 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 Carfury and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Carfury |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.152535 |
| Longitude | -5.577030 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Carfury emerges from the granite-strewn rise of the Penwith peninsula, a place where the Atlantic wind carries the salt of two distant seas. It lies 2.9 miles north-west of Penzance (from Penzance: bearing 325°T, OS grid SW 445 341), and is situated north-north-west of Madron village. The air here possesses a singular clarity, sharpening the edges of the drystone walls that partition the fields into a patchwork of stubborn, resilient earth. Carfury exists within the West Penwith Moors and Downs SSSI, a landscape defined by the quiet endurance of its ancient, unyielding rock. To the north-north-west, the skeletal remains of the Tredinnick Engine House stand as a rusted sentinel, marking the long-faded heartbeat of the local tin mining industry. A short walk reveals the Standing Stone 230M South Of Primrose Cottage, a silent witness to centuries of changing light and shadow. The soil remains lean and hungry, yet it nurtures a hardy, low-lying flora that seems to thrive on the solitude of the moor. Here, the horizon is wide and indifferent, offering a profound sense of scale that renders the preoccupations of the distant lowlands quite small.
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Explore Carfury, 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: 50.152535, -5.577030. 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. |