St Ruan Cornwall Map

About St Ruan

St Ruan, a quiet hamlet, lies cradled by the gentle Cornish landscape, its few cottages seeming to exhale the very essence of tranquil rural life. It lies 13.7 km 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 air here often carries the faintest tang of salt from the nearby Lizard Peninsula, a subtle reminder of the wild Atlantic that shapes this corner of England. The land around St Ruan is a patchwork of fields, their hedgerows often bursting with the vibrant blues and purples of wild flowers in the spring, a quiet testament to nature's enduring artistry. A modest parish church, its stone weathered by centuries of wind and rain, anchors the hamlet, its spire a silent sentinel against the expansive Cornish sky. The quietude of St Ruan is its most defining characteristic, a place where the passage of time feels measured not by clocks, but by the slow bloom of the seasons and the steady march of the sun across the heavens.

About This St Ruan Map Page

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.