Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Piece, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Piece 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 Piece, 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 | Piece |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.213559 |
| Longitude | -5.252021 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Piece emerges from the rugged Cornish landscape as a quiet cluster of dwellings defined by the enduring legacy of the mining industry. It lies 1.9 miles south-west of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 220°T, OS grid SW 680 399), and is situated west of Carnkie village. The horizon here is dominated by the looming, granite-strewn profile of Carn Brea, which casts a long, watchful shadow over the rooftops of Piece during the late afternoon. This terrain holds a delicate ecological significance, as much of the land falls within the West Cornwall Bryophytes SSSI, where rare mosses and liverworts thrive in the damp, undisturbed crevices of the earth. Beneath the surface, the ground bears the heavy, hollowed memory of South Wheal Francis, where the copper and tin mines once drew the lifeblood of the region into the light. The quality of the light in Piece has a silvery, thin clarity that catches the edges of the stone walls, making the ancient, weathered granite appear almost translucent against the dark gorse. To the south, the remains of the mining complex associated with Marriott's Shaft stand as silent, skeletal sentinels of a vanished industrial era. These structures grant Piece a somber, grounded character, anchoring the modern day to the deep, fire-forged history of the Cornish mines.
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Explore Piece, 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: 50.213559, -5.252021. 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. |