Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore West Portholland, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Portholland 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 | West Portholland |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.235135 |
| Longitude | -4.866859 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
West Portholland, a quiet hamlet on Cornwall's Lizard Peninsula, breathes the sea air. It lies 12.7 km south-south-west of St Austell (from St Austell: bearing 205°T, OS grid SW 956 411), and is situated north-east of Portloe village. The weathered granite cottages of West Portholland huddle close, their walls bearing the salt-laced memory of generations who wrestled a living from the unforgiving coast. A small, sheltered cove offers a respite from the Atlantic's might, its shingle beach smoothed by countless tides, reflecting a pale, diffused light that seems to hold the very essence of the Cornish afternoon. The scent of bracken and damp earth mingles with the distant tang of seaweed, a constant reminder of the wild landscape that cradles West Portholland. The land here slopes steeply towards the water, a formidable green rampart against the restless sea.
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Explore West Portholland, 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: 50.235135, -4.866859. 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. |