Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Little Downs, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Little Downs 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 Little Downs, 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 | Little Downs |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.476620 |
| Longitude | -4.639426 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Little Downs emerges from the Cornish landscape as a cluster of quiet dwellings defined by the rugged, granite-strewn character of the surrounding moorland. It lies 3.5 miles east of Bodmin (from Bodmin: bearing 84°T, OS grid SX 128 674), and is situated south-south-east of Cardinham village. The terrain here rises with a deliberate, slow momentum, overlooked by the prominent rise of White Hill to the north-north-west. Ancient echoes persist in the soil, marked by the proximity of the Tawna Downs Round Barrows, which sit just to the south-south-east like silent, earth-bound sentinels of a forgotten age. Sunlight catches the sparse, hardy vegetation of these slopes, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to anchor Little Downs firmly to the bedrock. A short distance away, the earthworks of the motte and bailey castle known as Cardinham Castle survive as a subtle topographical wrinkle, reminding those who pass by of the military gravity once imposed upon these hills. Life in Little Downs maintains a sparse, pragmatic rhythm, dictated by the shifting winds that sweep across the exposed elevations. The atmosphere remains austere yet strangely luminous, as if the clear, thin air strips away all unnecessary ornament to reveal the raw, honest architecture of the land itself.
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Explore Little Downs, 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: 50.476620, -4.639426. 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. |