Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Porthoustock, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Porthoustock 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 Porthoustock, 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 | Porthoustock |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.056005 |
| Longitude | -5.066644 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Porthoustock emerges from the rugged coastline of the Lizard Peninsula as a stark testament to the enduring relationship between stone and tide. It lies 6.7 miles south of Falmouth (from Falmouth: bearing 177°T, OS grid SW 805 218), and is situated east-south-east of Trenance village. Dark, serpentinite cliffs frame the horizon, catching a grey-blue light that shifts with the restless Atlantic swell. Porthoustock Beach sits just a short walk away, its shore composed of polished pebbles that clatter rhythmically against one another as the water retreats. To the north, the damp, quiet expanse of the Pedn Tiere wetland provides a sudden contrast to the hard, mineral-rich geology of the surrounding coast. The hamlet maintains a lingering resonance of its industrial past, when the quarries here exported stone that helped construct the foundations of distant cities. Today, the salt-crusted air carries the sharp scent of kelp and the mechanical hum of occasional marine traffic. Porthoustock remains a place of elemental focus, where the land abruptly concludes and the sea asserts its vast, unyielding authority.
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Explore Porthoustock, 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: 50.056005, -5.066644. 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. |