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.
| Place | Porthcothan |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.509759 |
| Longitude | -5.017043 |
| Place Type | Village |
Porthcothan dreams by the sea, a scattering of homes embraced by Cornwall's wild Atlantic edge. It lies 6.5 km west-south-west of Padstow (from Padstow: bearing 237°T, OS grid SW 861 721), and is situated south of Treyarnon village. The air here carries the salt tang of the ocean, a constant companion to the low stone walls and the hardy, wind-bent gorse that spills down towards the golden sweep of Porthcothan Bay. Sunlight, when it graces the land, pools in the hollows of the dunes and glints off the slate roofs, lending a quiet, ancient warmth to the landscape. The rhythm of Porthcothan is dictated by the tides, a slow pulse that has shaped the lives of its inhabitants for generations, drawing sustenance from the sea and the fertile soil inland.
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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 | June 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. |