Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Gilbert's Coombe, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gilbert's Coombe 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.
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| Place | Gilbert's Coombe |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.248352 |
| Longitude | -5.240572 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Gilbert's Coombe emerges from the rugged Cornish terrain as a quiet witness to the remnants of a vanished industrial age. It lies 1.2 miles north-west of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 325°T, OS grid SW 690 437), and is situated west-south-west of North Country village. The landscape here retains a melancholic dignity, where the earth still bears the subtle scars of tin and copper extraction that once defined the horizon. To the south, the weathered remains of the Tolgus Arsenic Works Calciner stand as a stark reminder of the intense heat and labour that defined the lives of those who worked the deep veins of the earth. Gilbert's Coombe occupies a space where the sharp, metallic legacy of the past softens into the encroaching verdure of the surrounding fields. The light across these slopes possesses a singular clarity, casting long, contemplative shadows that stretch toward the valley of Tolgus Mount. Nature steadily reclaims the ground, softening the jagged edges of stone structures until they appear as natural outcrops amidst the gorse and bracken. This quietude invites a reflective pace, far removed from the clamour of modern thoroughfares.
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Explore Gilbert's Coombe, 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: 50.248352, -5.240572. 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. |