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Lower Boscaswell Cornwall Map

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.

Interactive Map of Lower Boscaswell, Cornwall

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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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PlaceLower Boscaswell
Traditional CountyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.154121
Longitude-5.669707
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Lower Boscaswell

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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Lower Boscaswell Fogou (Scheduled Monument) — 0.1 mi, 289° WNW
  • Geevor Mine (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 243° WSW · 10 ha
  • Geevor Tin Mine (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 242° WSW
  • Hard Rock Museum (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 242° WSW
  • Trewellard Bottoms (Valley) — 0.4 mi, 274° W
  • Wayside Cross Immediately North East Of St John The Baptist'S Church (Scheduled Monument) — 0.4 mi, 141° SE
  • Arsenic Calciner (Historic Ruins) — 0.5 mi, 276° W
  • Stamp Mill (Historic Ruins) — 0.5 mi, 272° W
  • Levant Mine and Beam Engine (Museum) — 0.7 mi, 259° WSW
  • Carn Clough (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 046° NE
  • Wheal Bal Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 164° SSE
  • South Lidden (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.1 mi, 154° SSE
  • Yew Tree Gallery (Public Artwork) — 1.1 mi, 084° E
  • Botallack Mines (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 222° SW
  • Crowns Mine (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 234° SW
  • Lidden (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 110° ESE
  • Chûn Castle (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 103° ESE
  • Tregeseal Stream (River) — 1.8 mi, 209° SSW
  • Lower Bostraze And Leswidden Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.2 mi, 165° SSE · 2 ha
  • Carn Bosavern (Viewpoint) — 2.4 mi, 190° S
  • Cape Cornwall (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 223° SW
  • Carn Galver Mine (Attraction) — 2.8 mi, 064° ENE
  • Aire Point To Carrick Du Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.2 mi, 087° E · 598 ha
  • Trengwainton (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 4.5 mi, 117° ESE · 65 ha
  • Gwynver (Beach) — 4.6 mi, 191° S
  • Drift Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.8 mi, 133° SE
  • Escalls Green (Park) — 5.2 mi, 188° S
  • Sennen Cove Beach (Beach) — 5.2 mi, 192° SSW
  • Mayon Green (Park) — 5.4 mi, 190° S
  • Newlyn Coombe River (River) — 5.5 mi, 127° SE

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About This Lower Boscaswell Map Page

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 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.