Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Housel Bay, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Housel Bay 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 Housel Bay, 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 | Housel Bay |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 49.965291 |
| Longitude | -5.197045 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Housel Bay captures the salt-bright essence of the Cornish peninsula where the Atlantic currents carve deep, rhythmic patterns into the dark, serpentine cliffs. It lies 10.0 miles south-south-east of Helston (from Helston: bearing 160°T, OS grid SW 708 121), and is situated south-east of Lizard village. Below the high, windswept ground, the waters of the bay possess a clarity that seems to hold the very light of the heavens within their restless, turquoise depths. A traveller walking toward the coast might encounter the Medieval Wayside Cross at Tregaminion, a silent stone witness to the centuries that have weathered the surrounding fields. The air here carries the faint, metallic tang of maritime history, particularly near the Lizard Wireless Station, where the early experiments of Guglielmo Marconi once tethered the isolated coast to the wider world. Beyond the shore, the rugged expanse of the Caerthillian to Kennack SSSI protects a rare botanical legacy, where unique flora clings to the magnesium-rich soil against the relentless spray. Housel Bay remains a place of profound exposure, where the horizon is not merely a line but an infinite, shifting boundary between the solid earth and the vast, unyielding sea.
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Explore Housel Bay, 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: 49.965291, -5.197045. 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. |