Gwennap Cornwall Map

About Gwennap

Gwennap surveys its Cornish landscape with a quiet, ancient gaze. It lies 4.3 km east-south-east of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 116°T, OS grid SW 738 400), and is situated south-south-east of Carharrack village. The air here, carrying the faint scent of damp earth and distant sea, often seems to hold a peculiar stillness, as if time itself pauses to admire the rolling contours of the land. Once a heartland of Cornish mining, the legacy of this industrious past is whispered in the scattered stone remnants and the subtle depressions that mark the fields, a stark reminder of the human toil that shaped this terrain. The village green, a soft expanse of emerald, invites contemplation, its very texture speaking of countless seasons of sun and rain. Even the sunlight, when it breaks through the often-clouded Cornish skies, possesses a luminous quality, bathing Gwennap in a gentle, ethereal glow that hints at stories long since passed.

About This Gwennap Map Page

Explore Gwennap, 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: 50.217095, -5.171379. 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.