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Carnkie Cornwall Map

(Village near Four Lanes)

Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West

Explore Carnkie, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Carnkie 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.

This page also offers OS MAPS — Ordnance Survey Outdoor mapping and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets — plus a labelled National Grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.

Interactive Map of Carnkie, Cornwall

How to Use This Carnkie, Cornwall Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Carnkie, 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.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

Drag the map to pan to any area of Cornwall or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Carnkie and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.

OS MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows OS Outdoor mapping — contours, footpaths, bridleways and access land. Explorer 1:25k shows the OS Explorer sheets themselves: the orange-covered 1:25 000 maps walkers, fell runners and mountain rescue teams use, with field boundaries, rights of way and open access land. The search box finds any British town, village or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Carnkie.

Reading the map like a paper Explorer sheet. Click Grid to overlay the OS National Grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference such as NY 266 234 by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an OS National Grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what mountain rescue and the coastguard work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your grid reference stays correct even where the map itself cannot load, which in the Lakes, the Dales and the Highlands is often exactly where you need it.

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PlaceCarnkie
Traditional CountyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.213836
Longitude-5.243418
Place TypeVillage

About Carnkie

Carnkie reveals the rugged character of the Cornish mineral landscape through its austere stone architecture and windswept ridgelines. It lies 1.6 miles south-south-west of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 210°T, OS grid SW 686 399), and is situated north-north-west of Four Lanes village. The horizon here is dominated by the granite shoulders of Carn Brea, where ancient defensive walls and Neolithic markers watch over the quiet streets below. Within the boundaries of the West Cornwall Bryophytes SSSI, the ground nurtures rare mosses that cling to the dampened shadows of the earth. The skeletal remains of Lyle’s Shaft Pumping Engine House stand as a silent monitor of the industrial vigour that once defined the subterranean life of the region. As the light shifts across the hills, the grey masonry of these ruins catches a pale, metallic sheen that recalls the vanished wealth of tin and copper. Carnkie maintains a measured pace, defined by a geography that has been carved not by the plough, but by the relentless pursuit of deep-veined ores. The air carries a singular clarity, filtered through the high, open spaces that separate this place from the busier centres of the county.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • West Cornwall Bryophytes Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest)locality lies within · 54 ha
  • Lyle's Shaft Winding Engine House (Historic Ruins) — 0.1 mi, 023° NNE
  • Lyle's Shaft Pumping Engine House (Historic Ruins) — 0.1 mi, 031° NNE
  • Carn Brea (Hill / Mountain) — 0.5 mi, 335° NNW
  • Church Coombe (Valley) — 0.5 mi, 036° NE
  • Part Of The Mining Complex Associated With Marriott'S Shaft Once Part Of South Wheal Francis Tin And Copper Mine (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 221° SW
  • Neolithic Hilltop Enclosure With Later Settlement And Defensive Structures, A Prehistoric Field System, A Medieval Castle And Deer Park And Mineral Workings On Carn Brea (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 356° N · 22 ha
  • House of Water (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.6 mi, 357° N
  • Carn Brea Castle (Castle) — 0.6 mi, 354° N
  • Basset Monument (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 334° NNW
  • Wayside Cross On Whitcross Hill, Immediately North Of Seaview Terrace (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 256° WSW
  • White Cross (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 290° WNW
  • Wheal Fortune Park (Park) — 1.2 mi, 331° NNW
  • Fairfields Park (Park) — 1.3 mi, 024° NNE
  • Cornish Diaspora (Public Artwork) — 1.4 mi, 310° NW
  • Michell's Engine House (Museum) — 1.4 mi, 316° NW
  • Regal Cinema (Cinema) — 1.5 mi, 025° NNE
  • Viewing Mound (Viewpoint) — 1.5 mi, 296° WNW
  • Totem Circle (Theatre) — 1.5 mi, 304° NW
  • King Edward Mine (Museum) — 1.6 mi, 244° WSW
  • Moseley Heritage Museum (Museum) — 1.8 mi, 355° N
  • Carn Marth Theatre (Theatre) — 1.8 mi, 072° ENE
  • Birdwatching Hide (Viewpoint) — 2.1 mi, 140° SE
  • Carnmenellis (Hill / Mountain) — 2.3 mi, 163° SSE
  • Stithians Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 140° SE
  • Redruth Old Cornwall Society Museum (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 000° N
  • Boswyn Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.8 mi, 215° SW
  • Carwynnen Quoit (Attraction) — 2.8 mi, 231° SW
  • Redruth Stream (River) — 3.1 mi, 350° N
  • Nance Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.3 mi, 335° NNW · 10 ha

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About This Carnkie Map Page

Explore Carnkie, 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: 50.213836, -5.243418. 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.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any British town, village or landmark by name; offers OS Outdoor and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled OS National Grid so the map can be read like a printed Explorer sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an OS National Grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the grid reference remains correct even where the map cannot load.

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 builtSeptember 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; OS Outdoor and OS Explorer 1:25 000 via the OS Maps API — contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights; magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
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.