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Illogan Highway Cornwall Map

Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West

Explore Illogan Highway, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Illogan Highway 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.

Interactive Map of Illogan Highway, Cornwall

How to Use This Illogan Highway, Cornwall Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Illogan Highway, 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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PlaceIllogan Highway
Traditional CountyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.228842
Longitude-5.257227
Place TypeVillage

About Illogan Highway

Illogan Highway stretches across the rugged spine of Cornwall, where the air often tastes of salt and the lingering ghosts of a subterranean past. It lies 1.5 miles west-south-west of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 255°T, OS grid SW 677 416), and is situated east-north-east of Pool village. The iron-rich soil here holds memories of deep-vein mining, a heritage that asserts itself in the stark, upright silhouette of the East Pool Mine rising sharply against the horizon. Below the heavy sky, the quiet pathways of Wheal Fortune Park offer a respite where the grass grows thick and resilient over the scars of old engine houses. Light filters through the grey clouds with a singular, metallic clarity, catching the weathered stone of local walls that have withstood decades of Atlantic gales. Illogan Highway maintains a stoic character, shaped by the harsh, industrious rhythm of those who once laboured to harvest the riches hidden beneath the granite. The incline of the terrain reminds travellers of the immense weight of history pressing up from the bedrock, demanding respect from every modern structure that occupies the space. Here, the landscape does not offer soft comforts, but instead presents a raw, honest beauty that anchors the spirit firmly to the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Wheal Fortune Park (Park) — 0.0 mi, 015° NNE
  • East Pool Mine (Scheduled Monument) — 0.2 mi, 303° WNW
  • Michell's Engine House (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 260° W
  • Former Methodist Church (Historic Ruins) — 0.4 mi, 044° NE
  • Treloweth Gardens (Park) — 0.5 mi, 271° W
  • Cornish Diaspora (Public Artwork) — 0.5 mi, 257° WSW
  • 18th Century Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 0.5 mi, 247° WSW
  • Carn Brea (Hill / Mountain) — 0.7 mi, 146° SE
  • House of Water (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.7 mi, 126° SE
  • Carn Brea Castle (Castle) — 0.7 mi, 129° SE
  • Totem Circle (Theatre) — 0.7 mi, 251° WSW
  • Basset Monument (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 146° SE
  • Neolithic Hilltop Enclosure With Later Settlement And Defensive Structures, A Prehistoric Field System, A Medieval Castle And Deer Park And Mineral Workings On Carn Brea (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 133° SE · 22 ha
  • Viewing Mound (Viewpoint) — 0.8 mi, 243° WSW
  • White Cross (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 189° S
  • Tolgus Mount (Valley) — 0.9 mi, 013° NNE
  • Moseley Heritage Museum (Museum) — 0.9 mi, 031° NNE
  • The Tolgus Arsenic Works 80M South East Of East Tolgus House (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 041° NE
  • Regal Cinema (Cinema) — 1.3 mi, 077° ENE
  • Redruth Old Cornwall Society Museum (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 021° NNE
  • West Cornwall Bryophytes Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.9 mi, 183° S · 54 ha
  • King Edward Mine (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 205° SSW
  • Nance Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.1 mi, 339° NNW · 10 ha
  • Redruth Stream (River) — 2.1 mi, 003° N
  • Portreath Stream (River) — 2.2 mi, 339° NNW
  • Feadon Wildlife Centre (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 2.3 mi, 327° NNW
  • Carn Marth (Hill / Mountain) — 2.4 mi, 100° E
  • Tehidy Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 2.4 mi, 296° WNW
  • Picnic Area (Viewpoint) — 2.4 mi, 327° NNW
  • Portreath Beach (Beach) — 2.8 mi, 324° NW

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About This Illogan Highway Map Page

Explore Illogan Highway, 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: 50.228842, -5.257227. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.