Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore St Ruan, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the St Ruan 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 | St Ruan |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 49.991348 |
| Longitude | -5.187109 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
St Ruan holds a quiet, austere beauty upon the rugged shoulders of the Lizard Peninsula, where the salt-heavy air clarifies every contour of the earth. It lies 8.5 miles south-south-east of Helston (from Helston: bearing 153°T, OS grid SW 716 150), and is situated west-south-west of Ruan Minor village. The land here carries an ancient, mineral weight, defined by the proximity of the Holy Well known as St Ruan's Well, which remains a silent, stone-bound witness to centuries of passing pilgrims. Beneath the thin soil, the serpentine rock asserts its dark, variegated presence, shaping the very character of the local stone walls that divide the fields. A short distance away, the Cadgwith Stream carves a modest path toward the sea, its waters reflecting the shifting, mercurial light of the Atlantic sky. St Ruan persists as a place of sparse, honest lines, where the wind shears the gorse and the horizon feels perpetually vast. The surrounding earth is marked by the enduring, subtle mounds of ancient bowl barrows, which anchor the landscape to a deep, pre-literate past. Here, the hum of the modern world fades, replaced by the rhythmic pulse of the tides and the patient endurance of the granite.
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Explore St Ruan, 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: 49.991348, -5.187109. 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. |