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.
| Place | St Michael Penkivel |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.239901 |
| Longitude | -5.005290 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
St Michael Penkivell, a Cornish hamlet, offers a tranquil repose from the wider world. It lies 4.2 km south-east of Truro (from Truro: bearing 129°T, OS grid SW 858 420), and is situated east-south-east of Malpas village. The surrounding countryside, a gentle sweep of green fields, often catches the afternoon sun in a way that seems to imbue the very air with a soft, golden hue, a subtle luminescence that clings to the ancient hedgerows. The parish church, dedicated to St Michael, stands as a quiet sentinel, its stone weathered by centuries of Cornish breezes, a testament to the enduring spirit of this small corner of England. Life in St Michael Penkivell moves with a quiet deliberateness, a pace that allows one to notice the small, often overlooked beauties, like the way the light falls on the weathered slate roofs or the distant call of a curlew carried on the wind.
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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 built | June 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. |