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Church Town Cornwall Map

(Suburban Area near Carn Brea Village)

Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West

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

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PlaceChurch Town
Traditional CountyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.226957
Longitude-5.238111
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Church Town

Church Town observes the slow transition of Cornish light as it shifts across the rugged granite spine of the nearby landscape. It lies 0.8 miles south-west of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 229°T, OS grid SW 691 413), and is situated east of Carn Brea Village village. The horizon here is dominated by the enduring silhouette of Carn Brea, a hill where the ancient stones of a Neolithic enclosure and a medieval castle seem to pull the very clouds toward their weathered summits. Below this elevated sentinel, the terrain slopes gently toward the verdant, sheltered depths of Church Coombe, where the air grows noticeably cooler and carries the damp, sweet scent of sheltered ferns. Church Town maintains a quiet dignity, grounded by the legacy of mineral extraction that once defined the industry of these rolling hills. Residents often walk the short distance to the House of Water, a reservoir that reflects the changing temperaments of the sky with a mirror-like clarity. The proximity of these prehistoric remnants and industrial scars grants Church Town a unique texture, where the modern suburban pace meets the heavy, unyielding presence of deep geological time. Each evening, the shadows lengthen across the local lanes, turning the grey granite walls into soft, charcoal sketches against the fading amber glow.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Fairfields Park (Park) — 0.4 mi, 046° NE
  • House of Water (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.4 mi, 222° SW
  • Carn Brea Castle (Castle) — 0.4 mi, 224° SW
  • Church Coombe (Valley) — 0.5 mi, 171° S
  • 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, 214° SSW · 22 ha
  • Carn Brea (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 224° SW
  • Regal Cinema (Cinema) — 0.6 mi, 042° NE
  • Basset Monument (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 229° SW
  • Former Methodist Church (Historic Ruins) — 0.7 mi, 307° NW
  • Victoria Park (Park) — 0.8 mi, 072° ENE
  • Twin Chimneys (Historic Ruins) — 0.8 mi, 162° SSE
  • The Tolgus Arsenic Works 80M South East Of East Tolgus House (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 354° N
  • East Pool Mine (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 283° WNW
  • Moseley Heritage Museum (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 336° NNW
  • White Cross (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 237° WSW
  • Michell's Engine House (Museum) — 1.2 mi, 274° W
  • Cornish Diaspora (Public Artwork) — 1.3 mi, 271° W
  • Totem Circle (Theatre) — 1.5 mi, 267° W
  • Carn Marth Theatre (Theatre) — 1.5 mi, 103° ESE
  • Viewing Mound (Viewpoint) — 1.6 mi, 261° W
  • Redruth Old Cornwall Society Museum (Museum) — 1.8 mi, 353° N
  • West Cornwall Bryophytes Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.0 mi, 208° SSW · 54 ha
  • North Downs (Hill / Mountain) — 2.2 mi, 027° NNE
  • Redruth Stream (River) — 2.3 mi, 341° NNW
  • King Edward Mine (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 226° SW
  • Nance Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.7 mi, 323° NW · 10 ha
  • Portreath Stream (River) — 2.7 mi, 323° NW
  • Birdwatching Hide (Viewpoint) — 2.8 mi, 156° SSE
  • Feadon Wildlife Centre (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 3.0 mi, 315° NW
  • Tehidy Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 3.3 mi, 292° WNW

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About This Church Town Map Page

Explore Church 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: 50.226957, -5.238111. 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.