Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Cawsand, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cawsand 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 Cawsand, 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 | Cawsand |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.332051 |
| Longitude | -4.204507 |
| Place Type | Village |
Cawsand gazes across the restless grey currents of Plymouth Sound, its slate-roofed dwellings huddled against the steep, verdant incline of the Rame Peninsula. It lies 3.1 miles south of Torpoint (from Torpoint: bearing 186°T, OS grid SX 431 503), and is situated south-south-west of Kingsand village. The salt-crusted masonry of the local cottages reflects a history defined by the clandestine arrival of spirits and tobacco, goods once spirited through these narrow, winding lanes under the cover of a moonless night. Above the shoreline, the heavy, overgrown ramparts of Cawsand Fort loom as a silent sentinel, its Victorian brickwork now softened by the patient encroachment of ivy and bramble. Down at the water’s edge, Cawsand Beach offers a textured expanse of shingle and sand, where the tide leaves behind a rhythmic debris of kelp and smoothed glass. To the north, the sprawling acreage of Mount Edgcumbe Country Park provides a verdant buffer of ancient woodland and manicured gardens that soften the transition toward the open sea. The light here possesses a peculiar, silvery clarity, often catching the white hulls of bobbing boats as they pull at their moorings in the bay. Cawsand remains a place where the shifting moods of the Atlantic dictate the pace of life, demanding a quiet respect from those who traverse its rugged, salt-bitten periphery.
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Explore Cawsand, 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: 50.332051, -4.204507. 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. |