Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Upton Towans, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Upton Towans 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 Upton Towans, 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 | Upton Towans |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.209168 |
| Longitude | -5.390376 |
| Place Type | Village |
Upton Towans emerges from the restless, shifting dunes of the Cornish coast like a silent witness to the Atlantic’s relentless grace. It lies 2.2 miles north-east of Hayle (from Hayle: bearing 38°T, OS grid SW 581 398), and is situated west-north-west of Connor Downs village. The landscape here is defined by the expansive Gwithian to Mexico Towans SSSI, where sand and marram grass create a fragile, golden threshold between the firm earth and the salt-heavy air. To the west-north-west, the sprawling remnants of the National Explosives site lie dormant, their ruined mounds now reclaimed by a wild, scrubby vegetation that softens the jagged edges of industrial history. A quiet melancholy clings to the terrain, as if the soil itself remembers the sudden thunder of past manufacture. From the vantage point of the View Over Atlantic Coast Holiday Park, one can watch the light fracture across the water, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch toward the horizon. Upton Towans remains a place where the wind possesses a singular, scouring authority, perpetually reshaping the topography into new and fleeting geometries. The proximity to the coast ensures that the atmosphere is perpetually charged with the sharp, clean scent of brine and the distant, rhythmic percussion of the tide.
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Explore Upton Towans, 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: 50.209168, -5.390376. 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. |