Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Gwenter, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gwenter 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 Gwenter, 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 | Gwenter |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.018413 |
| Longitude | -5.153395 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Gwenter occupies a modest position upon the rugged, salt-blasted neck of the Lizard Peninsula. It lies 7.8 miles south-east of Helston (from Helston: bearing 137°T, OS grid SW 742 179), and is situated north-east of Kuggar village. The landscape here is defined by the expansive, open character of The Lizard, where the light possesses a crystalline clarity that renders the low-slung horizon unusually sharp. Ancient earthworks mark the surrounding terrain, including a round barrow cemetery that suggests a long, silent human preoccupation with these windswept heights. Gwenter remains anchored to this geology of serpentine and heath, feeling less like a place of human design and more like an outcrop of the earth itself. To the south, the air often carries the heavy, rhythmic salt-scent of Kennack Sands, pulling the senses toward the churning Atlantic margin. A quiet gravity persists in the fields around Gwenter, where the soil clings to the memory of pastoral toil under an immense, unshadowed sky.
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Explore Gwenter, 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: 50.018413, -5.153395. 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. |