Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Lower Boscaswell, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lower Boscaswell 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 Lower Boscaswell, 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 | Lower Boscaswell |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.154121 |
| Longitude | -5.669707 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Lower Boscaswell retains the austere, windswept character of the Cornish coast where the Atlantic gales scrub the stone facades clean of pretension. It lies 2.1 miles north-north-east of St Just (from St Just: bearing 12°T, OS grid SW 379 346), and is situated west-north-west of Pendeen village. The land here slopes toward the sea, shaped by centuries of subterranean toil that left the earth scarred and rugged. Only a few hundred yards to the west, the ancient, earth-covered passage of the Lower Boscaswell Fogou remains a silent witness to a pre-industrial past that predates the later mining booms. The horizon is dominated by the industrial legacy of the Geevor Mine, whose headframes stand like iron sentinels against the shifting, pale light of the Celtic Sea. This maritime atmosphere imparts a singular clarity to the air, making the distant engine houses appear close enough to touch. Tracks lead from the dwellings toward the rugged cliffs, where the salt-spray clings to the gorse and the persistent wind dictates the growth of every gnarled hawthorn. Lower Boscaswell persists as a place where the grandeur of the Atlantic meets the stubborn, granite-hewn memory of a working landscape.
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Explore Lower Boscaswell, 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: 50.154121, -5.669707. 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. |