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Pool Cornwall Map

Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West

Explore Pool, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Pool 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.

Interactive Map of Pool, Cornwall

How to Use This Pool, Cornwall Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Pool, 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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PlacePool
Traditional CountyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.227369
Longitude-5.268654
Place TypeVillage

About Pool

Pool endures as a rugged testament to the subterranean ambition that once defined this reach of Cornwall. It lies 1.7 miles east-north-east of Camborne (from Camborne: bearing 56°T, OS grid SW 669 414), and is situated west-south-west of Illogan Highway village. The horizon here is dominated by the gaunt, skeletal elegance of the 18th Century Chimney, which rises from the earth like a finger pointing toward the shifting Atlantic clouds. Below these industrial relics, the Heartlands attraction occupies the site of a former tin mine, transforming heavy, dark history into a space of open glass and modern purpose. A peculiar, muted light often settles over the nearby Treloweth Gardens, where the verdant foliage offers a soft contrast to the stark, granite-flecked ground beneath. Pool retains a certain gravity in its architecture, as if the buildings themselves are still listening for the vibration of long-silent stamps and iron machinery. Visitors walking through the surroundings may catch the glint of oxidized metal or the whisper of wind through the gorse, reminders that the ground beneath Pool was once hollowed out by the relentless pursuit of copper and tin. This singular landscape remains a bridge between the vanished toil of the past and the quiet, metallic stillness of the present day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Cornish Diaspora (Public Artwork) — 0.0 mi, 142° SE
  • Treloweth Gardens (Park) — 0.1 mi, 013° NNE
  • 18th Century Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 0.1 mi, 177° S
  • Heartlands (Attraction) — 0.2 mi, 224° SW
  • Michell's Engine House (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 076° ENE
  • Totem Circle (Theatre) — 0.2 mi, 223° SW
  • East Pool Mine (Scheduled Monument) — 0.4 mi, 057° ENE
  • Viewing Mound (Viewpoint) — 0.4 mi, 221° SW
  • Wheal Fortune Park (Park) — 0.5 mi, 075° ENE
  • Engine house (disused) (Historic Ruins) — 0.5 mi, 135° SE
  • Tuckingmill Valley (Theatre) — 0.6 mi, 263° W
  • White Cross (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 151° SSE
  • Carn Brea (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 118° ESE
  • Basset Monument (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 117° ESE
  • House of Water (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.1 mi, 107° ESE
  • Betty Adit Tailings Works, 170M South West Of Harley Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 187° S
  • Carn Brea Castle (Castle) — 1.1 mi, 108° ESE
  • Neolithic Hilltop Enclosure With Later Settlement And Defensive Structures, A Prehistoric Field System, A Medieval Castle And Deer Park And Mineral Workings On Carn Brea (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 112° ESE · 22 ha
  • Tolgus Mount (Valley) — 1.3 mi, 035° NE
  • Moseley Heritage Museum (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 048° NE
  • King Edward Mine (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 191° S
  • Regal Cinema (Cinema) — 1.8 mi, 077° ENE
  • West Cornwall Bryophytes Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.9 mi, 168° SSE · 54 ha
  • Nance Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.1 mi, 353° N · 10 ha
  • Tehidy Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 2.1 mi, 305° NW
  • Portreath Stream (River) — 2.1 mi, 353° N
  • Redruth Old Cornwall Society Museum (Museum) — 2.1 mi, 033° NNE
  • Redruth Stream (River) — 2.2 mi, 015° NNE
  • Feadon Wildlife Centre (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 2.2 mi, 340° NNW
  • Picnic Area (Viewpoint) — 2.3 mi, 339° NNW

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About This Pool Map Page

Explore Pool, 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: 50.227369, -5.268654. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.