(Suburban Area)
Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Plain-an-Gwarry, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Plain-an-Gwarry 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 Plain-an-Gwarry, 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 | Plain-an-Gwarry |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.236244 |
| Longitude | -5.231531 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Plain-an-Gwarry preserves the lingering echo of medieval performance spaces within its very name, which translates from the Cornish as 'playing place'. It lies 0.3 miles west-north-west of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 296°T, OS grid SW 696 423). The land here carries the weight of a complex industrial inheritance, where the earth still holds the quiet ghosts of mineral wealth. A short walk toward the north-west reveals the stark, skeletal geometry of the Tolgus Arsenic Works, where the ruined calciner stands as a blunt reminder of the smoke and sweat that once defined this horizon. Today, the intensity of that past has softened into a suburban stillness, punctuated only by the occasional passage of residents heading toward the familiar glow of the Regal Cinema nearby. The light in Plain-an-Gwarry possesses a particular clarity, often sharpening the edges of the slate roofs against the bruised purple of an Atlantic sky. Below the surface, the soil remains thick with the dust of a vanished mining era, yet the modern streets cultivate a quiet, domestic rhythm that persists regardless of the weather. One observes how the shadows lengthen across the pavements, tracing the lines of a landscape that has traded its heavy machinery for the steady pulse of daily life.
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Explore Plain-an-Gwarry, 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: 50.236244, -5.231531. 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. |