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St Michael Penkivel Cornwall Map

Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West

Explore St Michael Penkivel, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the St Michael Penkivel 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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PlaceSt Michael Penkivel
Traditional CountyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.239901
Longitude-5.005290
Place TypeHamlet

About St Michael Penkivel

St Michael Penkivel retains a quiet, sequestered gravity, defined by the slow drift of the river and the reach of the Tregothnan estate. It lies 2.6 miles south-east of Truro (from Truro: bearing 129°T, OS grid SW 858 420), and is situated east-south-east of Malpas village. The air here holds a particular, heavy stillness that seems to gather in the hollows near the Upper Fal Estuary And Woods SSSI, where the salt-tide brushes against ancient timber. High above the water, the spire of the parish church watches over a landscape shaped less by urgency than by the patient, seasonal cycles of the surrounding parkland. Beyond the churchyard, the earth conceals the Fentongollan Cross, a silent, stone sentinel that has outlived the generations who once walked its path. St Michael Penkivel belongs to the slow rhythm of the estuary, where the light turns grey and silver against the mudflats at dusk. The geography of the parish remains stubbornly private, anchored by the heavy, Grade II* historic gardens of Tregothnan that impose a formal order upon the wilder edges of the creek. One feels the weight of the past in the cool, damp shadows of the valley, a place where the modern world is merely a suggestion carried on the wind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Upper Fal Estuary And Woods Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.4 mi, 102° ESE · 578 ha
  • Woodbury Point (Wetland) — 0.4 mi, 270° W
  • Fentongollan Cross, 620M North West Of St Michael Penkevil Church (Scheduled Monument) — 0.4 mi, 340° NNW
  • Tregothnan (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 0.6 mi, 169° SSE · 157 ha
  • Malpas Point (Wetland) — 0.7 mi, 294° WNW
  • Merther Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 357° N
  • The Cregou Or Cregon Bowl Barrow And Enclosure 900M South East Of Park Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 322° NW
  • Early Christian Memorial Stone And Wayside Cross In St Clement'S Churchyard (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 336° NNW
  • Truro River (River) — 1.2 mi, 280° W
  • Malpas Estuary Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.5 mi, 294° WNW · 102 ha
  • Tresemple Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.5 mi, 351° N
  • Boscawen Park (Park) — 1.7 mi, 300° WNW
  • Ruan River (River) — 2.0 mi, 093° E
  • Burrell Classrooms & Theatre (Theatre) — 2.2 mi, 312° NW
  • Furniss Island (Park) — 2.4 mi, 310° NW
  • Trelissick (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.4 mi, 215° SW · 106 ha
  • Hall for Cornwall (Theatre) — 2.5 mi, 308° NW
  • The Drummer (Public Artwork) — 2.5 mi, 308° NW
  • The Plaza (Cinema) — 2.6 mi, 306° NW
  • Lander Monument (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 302° WNW
  • Standing Cross (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 309° NW
  • Royal Cornwall Museum (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 307° NW
  • Trewarthenick (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.1 mi, 065° ENE · 86 ha
  • Loe Beach (Beach) — 3.3 mi, 216° SW
  • Porthbean Beach (Beach) — 3.7 mi, 152° SSE
  • St Clement Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 4.3 mi, 331° NNW
  • Bishop's Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.5 mi, 334° NNW
  • The Flagstaff (Viewpoint) — 5.3 mi, 106° ESE
  • Puckey's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 5.4 mi, 104° ESE
  • Enys Gardens (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 227° SW

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About This St Michael Penkivel Map Page

Explore St Michael Penkivel, 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: 50.239901, -5.005290. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.