Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Towan, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Towan 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 | Towan |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.528195 |
| Longitude | -5.000524 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Towan's low, weathered stone cottages seem to drink the pale Cornish light as if it were rain. It lies 4.5 km west-south-west of Padstow (from Padstow: bearing 250°T, OS grid SW 874 741), and is situated west-north-west of St Merryn village. The air here carries the faint, salting tang of the Atlantic, a constant whisper from the nearby coast, and the landscape unfolds in gentle, sweeping curves towards the sea. Fields, often divided by ancient, moss-covered stone walls, are given over to pasture and the cultivation of crops that thrive in this maritime climate. The quietude of Towan is not an absence of sound, but a different kind of listening, attuned to the distant cry of gulls and the rustle of wind through coarse grass.
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Explore Towan, 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: 50.528195, -5.000524. 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. |