Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Michaelstow, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Michaelstow 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 Michaelstow, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Cornwall or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Michaelstow and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Michaelstow |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.578042 |
| Longitude | -4.713479 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Michaelstow commands a quiet authority over the rolling topography of North Cornwall, where the land rises to meet a vast, unclouded sky. It lies 3.5 miles south-south-west of Camelford (from Camelford: bearing 206°T, OS grid SX 079 788), and is situated south-east of St Teath village. Ancient stone anchors the spirit of the place, most notably in the medieval churchyard cross that casts a long, thin shadow across the lichen-dappled earth. A singular, cool stillness pervades the grounds of the holy well, where the water catches the pale, northern light in a way that suggests a depth beyond mere geology. To the north-east, the rise of Michaelstow Beacon breaks the horizon, serving as a silent sentinel over the fields that have been tilled for generations. The remains at Helsbury Castle offer a more rugged perspective, where the earthworks suggest a long-forgotten complexity in the way these hills were once held and defended. Here, the air carries a sharp, clean clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every granite wall and gatepost. Michaelstow retains a dignity born of this isolation, indifferent to the hurried passage of the modern world beyond its borders.
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Explore Michaelstow, 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: 50.578042, -4.713479. 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. |