Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Rinsey Croft, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rinsey Croft 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 Rinsey Croft, 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 | Rinsey Croft |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.103880 |
| Longitude | -5.356158 |
| Place Type | Village |
Rinsey Croft emerges from the rugged Cornish landscape as a quiet witness to the enduring reach of the Atlantic winds. It lies 3.6 miles west of Helston (from Helston: bearing 273°T, OS grid SW 601 280), and is situated south-south-west of Ashton village. The horizon here is dominated by the skeletal remains of the Wheal Prosper Engine House, whose granite walls hold the pale, salt-stung light of the coast in a permanent, hollow embrace. Below the cliff edge, the geological strata of the Porthcew Sssi crumble slowly into the tide, revealing the raw, unvarnished bones of the earth. Inland, the gentle rise of Tresowes Hill offers a vantage point where the air tastes of wild gorse and the distant, restless churn of the sea. Rinsey Croft maintains a stark, industrial dignity, defined less by its modest dwellings than by the abandoned shafts and engine houses that punctuate the surrounding fields like monuments to a vanished age of toil. These structures anchor the skyline, casting long, sharp shadows across the gorse-strewn slopes as the sun slips toward the western ocean. The ground here feels thin and brittle, a place where the history of tin and copper mining has left the soil etched with the memory of deep, subterranean ambition.
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Explore Rinsey Croft, 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: 50.103880, -5.356158. 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. |