Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Porthcothan, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Porthcothan 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 Porthcothan, 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 | Porthcothan |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.509759 |
| Longitude | -5.017043 |
| Place Type | Village |
Porthcothan breathes in the salt-heavy air of the Atlantic, where the Atlantic swells collapse against the jagged teeth of the Cornish coast. It lies 4.0 miles west-south-west of Padstow (from Padstow: bearing 237°T, OS grid SW 861 721), and is situated south of Treyarnon village. The land drops away toward the sea in a sequence of verdant, wind-battered slopes that frame the deep sands of Porthcothan Beach. Here, the light possesses a peculiar, silver-edged clarity, illuminating the rhythmic rise and fall of the tide as it carves through the narrow entrance of the cove. Beyond the immediate shoreline, the terrain rises toward the ancient, weathered earthworks of the Three Promontory Forts, which stand silent against the relentless coastal gales. These remnants of older lives watch over the grazing livestock and the quiet, rolling fields that define the local agricultural character. Porthcothan remains defined by this interplay between the stubborn, resilient rock and the soft, shifting currents of the ocean. Each season brings a change in the hue of the gorse and heather, painting the headlands in sudden, vivid bursts of yellow and purple.
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Explore Porthcothan, 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: 50.509759, -5.017043. 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. |