Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore North Dimson, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the North 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 North 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 | North Dimson |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.525685 |
| Longitude | -4.224202 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
North Dimson marks the transition where the Tamar Valley begins to trade its rigid industrial past for the quietude of modern residential life. It lies 3.9 miles west-south-west of Tavistock (from Tavistock: bearing 244°T, OS grid SX 424 719), and is situated west of Gunnislake village. The landscape here retains a brooding, metallic memory, as the crumbled chimneys of the Gunnislake Clitters Mine still puncture the skyline like broken teeth. Beyond the modern driveways, the earth holds the weight of a century’s extraction, leaving the ground near North Dimson to feel strangely hollowed and heavy. Greenhill rises to the south-west, providing a blunt, verdant counterpoint to the hollows where copper and tin once dictated the lives of the inhabitants. The light in the afternoon often catches the slate roofs of North Dimson, turning the grey tiles into a shimmering, bruised purple that matches the intensity of the surrounding woodland. One might walk past the remnants of the arsenic works and find the silence is not empty, but rather a deliberate holding of breath. North Dimson remains a place where the domestic present is perpetually watched by the ghosts of an extractive, soot-stained heritage.
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Explore North 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: 50.525685, -4.224202. 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. |