Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Rescassa, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rescassa 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 Rescassa, 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 | Rescassa |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.248506 |
| Longitude | -4.830767 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Rescassa remains a quiet cluster of stone and slate held firmly within the rolling topography of the Roseland Peninsula. It lies 6.5 miles south-south-west of St Austell (from St Austell: bearing 196°T, OS grid SW 982 425), and is situated west of Gorran Churchtown village. Winds arriving from the English Channel carry a persistent, saline clarity that scours the hedgerows and keeps the surrounding fields in a state of vivid, verdant alertness. To the south, the rugged coastline of the Cuckoo Rock To Turbot Point Sssi dictates the character of the horizon, where the land abruptly relinquishes its hold to the grey, churning Atlantic. Rescassa maintains a modest, unassuming presence, defined more by the patient toil of its agricultural borders than by any grand architectural flourish. A mile to the west, the crenellated towers of Caerhays Castle emerge from the woodland like a sudden, romantic apparition against the coastal gloom. The light here possesses a particular, shifting quality, catching the granite walls of Rescassa in a way that renders the stone almost translucent during the fleeting hours of a Cornish dusk. Life in these lanes follows the seasonal turn of the earth, governed by the rhythm of the tides and the slow, deliberate growth of the crops that define the local economy.
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Explore Rescassa, 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: 50.248506, -4.830767. 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. |