Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Twelveheads, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Twelveheads 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 Twelveheads, 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 | Twelveheads |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.238350 |
| Longitude | -5.143041 |
| Place Type | Village |
Twelveheads emerges from the rugged, mineral-rich terrain of Cornwall as a stark reminder of the region’s deep industrial pulse. It lies 3.6 miles east of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 85°T, OS grid SW 759 423), and is situated north of Cusgarne village. Copper and tin once dictated the lives of those who laboured here, leaving a landscape marked by the skeletal silhouettes of old engine houses. To the west, the Wheal Maid Tailings form a quiet, reflective reservoir where the water holds a strange, unnatural clarity against the darkened earth. The ghosts of this mining heritage linger in the Chimney Ruins, which rise like broken fingers against the shifting Atlantic clouds. Twelveheads maintains a stoic presence, its roads tracing the paths where heavy ore wagons once groaned under the weight of subterranean wealth. The morning light here often catches the metallic sheen of the soil, revealing the raw, unpolished character of a land that has spent centuries yielding its riches to the surface. It is a place where the history of human toil remains etched into the very topography, visible to anyone who watches how the shadows lengthen over the hollows.
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Explore Twelveheads, 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: 50.238350, -5.143041. 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. |