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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for St Michael Penkivel, 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 | St Michael Penkivel |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.239901 |
| Longitude | -5.005290 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
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.
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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 | 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. |