Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Lower Dimson, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lower Dimson 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 Dimson, 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 Dimson |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.526211 |
| Longitude | -4.217821 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Lower Dimson retains the quiet gravity of a place once tethered to the industrious pulse of the Tamar Valley. It lies 3.6 miles west-south-west of Tavistock (from Tavistock: bearing 243°T, OS grid SX 428 719), and is situated west-north-west of Gunnislake village. The landscape here is marked by the lingering ghosts of extraction, where the earth still holds the memory of copper and tin within its deep, shadowed seams. A walk toward the western periphery reveals the Gunnislake Clitters Copper, Tin, Arsenic And Wolfram Mine, where the overgrown ruins stand as stark, skeletal reminders of a frantic industrial past. The light in Lower Dimson often takes on a bruised, metallic quality in the late afternoon, catching the edges of the stone remnants that dot the nearby hillsides. To the east, the weathered remains of the South Bedford Mine offer a silent contrast to the lush, encroaching greenery of the surrounding slopes. These remnants of industry are softened by time, yet they provide a sharp, flinty texture to the horizon that defines the character of the terrain. Lower Dimson persists as a quiet witness to this transformation, where the frantic clamour of the mines has long since surrendered to the persistent, rhythmic growth of the woods.
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Explore Lower Dimson, 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: 50.526211, -4.217821. 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. |