Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Sparnon Gate, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sparnon Gate 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.
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| Place | Sparnon Gate |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.247496 |
| Longitude | -5.247066 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Sparnon Gate gathers the pale, thin light of the Cornish morning across its quiet lanes and low-slung stone boundaries. It lies 1.3 miles north-west of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 313°T, OS grid SW 686 436), and is situated west-south-west of North Country village. The landscape here retains the sharp, skeletal memory of a mining past, where the earth was once hollowed out for copper and tin. A short distance away, the Tolgus Mount valley holds a humid, verdant stillness that contrasts with the stark, industrial ghosts of the nearby Tolgus Arsenic Works. The wind frequently carries a salt-tide chill from the Atlantic, scouring the hedgerows and polishing the granite outcrops that define the local geography. Sparnon Gate exists in a state of transition between the bustling energy of the neighbouring market town and the stubborn, wild autonomy of the coastal plateau. Lichen clings to the drystone walls with a determined, silver-grey persistence, thriving in the damp, Atlantic-facing climate. The air remains heavy with the scent of gorse and wet earth, grounding Sparnon Gate in a topography that values endurance over ornament.
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Explore Sparnon Gate, 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: 50.247496, -5.247066. 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. |