Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Nanpean, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Nanpean 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 Nanpean, 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 | Nanpean |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.368864 |
| Longitude | -4.869291 |
| Place Type | Village |
Nanpean remains a place defined by the stark, monumental legacy of the china clay industry, where the white tips of waste heaps rise like jagged, man-made peaks against the horizon. It lies 4.0 miles west-north-west of St Austell (from St Austell: bearing 301°T, OS grid SW 960 560), and is situated north-north-west of Goverseth village. The ground beneath Nanpean carries the heavy, chalky dust of its trade, a fine powder that coats the lane-sides and catches the pale Cornish light with an almost lunar brilliance. To the north-east, the slopes of Currian Vale offer a softer contrast, where the greenery reclaims the quiet hollows away from the industrial extraction. Beyond the immediate periphery, the Trelavour Downs Sssi provides a starker, wilder expanse where hardy plants thrive in the mineral-rich soil. The air here holds a distinct, dry clarity, often swept clean by winds blowing in from the Atlantic coast. Nanpean possesses a singular, rugged character that persists long after the working day has ceased, grounding its residents in a landscape that has been thoroughly transformed by human hands. Such a terrain demands a kind of resilience, reflecting a history written not in parchment, but in the deep, exposed scars of the earth itself.
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Explore Nanpean, 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: 50.368864, -4.869291. 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. |