Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Tolcarne, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Tolcarne 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 Tolcarne, 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 | Tolcarne |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.235555 |
| Longitude | -5.187795 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Tolcarne holds the rugged, mineral-rich character of the Cornish mining landscape within its quiet bounds. It lies 1.7 miles east of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 87°T, OS grid SW 727 421), and is situated south-south-west of St Day village. The terrain here remembers the industry of the earth, where the soil still carries the faint, metallic scent of deep-vein copper and tin. To the south-west, the high granite mass of Carn Marth rises against the horizon, its slopes marked by the hollowed-out scars of old quarries that now catch the changing light of the Atlantic sky. The nearby ruins of St Day Old Church stand as a skeletal sentinel, their weathered masonry offering a silent contrast to the encroaching gorse and heather. Tolcarne itself remains a place of low-slung, sturdy dwellings that seem to draw their resilience from the surrounding geology. Paths wind through the gorse towards Wheal Gorland, where the rare, crystalline dust of abandoned workings still glimmers underfoot after a rain shower. Life in Tolcarne moves with a steady, unforced cadence, dictated by the shifting winds that sweep across the peninsula from the coast.
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Explore Tolcarne, 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: 50.235555, -5.187795. 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. |