Traditional county: Cornwall · Unitary authority: Isles of Scilly · Region: South West
Explore Old Town, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Old Town 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.
| Place | Old Town |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Unitary Authority | Isles of Scilly |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 49.913415 |
| Longitude | -6.298563 |
| Place Type | Village |
Old Town, a place of quiet enduring charm, draws the eye to its modest stone dwellings. It lies 1.3 km east of Hugh Town (from Hugh Town: bearing 96°T, OS grid SV 915 103). The air here, carrying the faint tang of salt from the surrounding sea, often possesses a luminous quality, especially in the late afternoon when the sun slants across the small, irregular fields. The village green, a patch of well-trodden turf, offers a simple stage for the occasional gathering, its surface worn smooth by generations of footsteps. Old Town’s history is not one of grand pronouncements but of steady, persistent habitation, its cottages speaking of a life closely attuned to the rhythms of the tides and the seasons.
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Explore Old Town, 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: 49.913415, -6.298563. 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 | June 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. |