Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Red Post, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Red Post 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 Red Post, 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 | Red Post |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.818926 |
| Longitude | -4.466187 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Red Post marks a quiet intersection of rural lanes where the horizon broadens into the deep, rolling geometry of the Cornish countryside. It lies 2.2 miles east-south-east of Stratton (from Stratton: bearing 111°T, OS grid SS 263 050), and is situated south of Grimscott village. The light here possesses a particular clarity, catching the damp moss on drystone walls and illuminating the high, grassy mound of the Bowl Barrow at Red Post just a short distance to the north. This ancient earthwork serves as a silent sentinel, casting a long shadow over the fields that have supported generations of pastoral labour. Beyond the immediate boundaries, the land inclines toward the Hobbacott Canal Incline, a relic of industrial ambition where the steep gradient once demanded the patient strength of horses and chains. The air carries the scent of turned earth and salt-tinged wind, a reminder of the proximity to the jagged Atlantic coast. Red Post remains a place of understated endurance, where the modern pace of life yields to the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons across the open pasture.
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Explore Red Post, 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: 50.818926, -4.466187. 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. |