Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Gerrans, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gerrans 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 Gerrans, 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 | Gerrans |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.178131 |
| Longitude | -4.981097 |
| Place Type | Village |
Gerrans occupies a high, windswept ridge overlooking the deep blue inlets of the Roseland Peninsula. It lies 4.5 miles east-north-east of Falmouth (from Falmouth: bearing 67°T, OS grid SW 872 351), and is situated west-south-west of Portscatho village. The salt-scoured air carries a persistent chill, tempering the warmth that occasionally gilds the grey stone cottages and narrow lanes. A sense of enduring permanence emanates from the Wayside Cross in St Gerran's Churchyard, where ancient granite stands as a silent witness to the centuries of Atlantic gales. Beyond the village rooftops, the land falls away toward the jagged, protective embrace of the Carricknath Point to Porthbean Beach SSSI, where the coastline fractures into dramatic, geologically significant cliffs. These precipices guard the horizon, muffling the roar of the tide that surges against the nearby sands of Porthcurnick Beach. Gerrans maintains a quiet, inward-looking character, defined more by the shifting light upon the water than by the passing of modern time. Every garden path and church wall seems to hold the memory of a maritime past, grounded firmly in the stubborn, rocky soil of the peninsula.
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Explore Gerrans, 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: 50.178131, -4.981097. 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. |