Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Penwithick, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Penwithick 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 Penwithick, 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 | Penwithick |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.373105 |
| Longitude | -4.780274 |
| Place Type | Village |
Penwithick wears the pale, dust-dusted mantle of the china clay industry, a place where the earth itself has been turned inside out to reveal a brilliant, chalky heart. It lies 2.4 miles north-north-east of St Austell (from St Austell: bearing 11°T, OS grid SX 023 562), and is situated south-east of Stenalees village. The horizon here is dominated by the stark, artificial peaks of spoil heaps, their white slopes catching the low sun to turn the sky into a bruised and flickering slate. Walking toward the Great Treverbyn Mica Dam, one finds the water reflecting a silence that feels heavy with the echoes of heavy machinery and long-departed shifts. To the south-east, the Carn Grey Rock and Quarry Sssi rises as a rugged, stony spine, a jagged reminder of the raw granite that once defined the local labour of generations. Penwithick breathes in the fine, white grit that settles on window ledges and garden walls, colouring the very air with the residue of its own industrious past. This landscape does not hide its scars but displays them as monuments, where the industrial grind has slowly softened into an austere and lonely beauty.
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Explore Penwithick, 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: 50.373105, -4.780274. 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. |