Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: Torridge · Region: South West
Explore St Giles on the Heath, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the St Giles on the Heath 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 | St Giles on the Heath |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | Torridge |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.687332 |
| Longitude | -4.321262 |
| Place Type | Village |
St Giles on the Heath, a Devonshire parish, breathes a quiet, enduring presence against the rolling contours of the land. It lies 6.4 km north-north-east of Launceston (from Launceston: bearing 26°T, OS grid SX 361 900), and is situated north of Liftondown village. The air here, often carrying the scent of damp earth and distant heather, seems to hold a certain clarity, as if polished by the wide, open skies that arch above the Torridge district. The village church, St Giles', with its ancient stones, stands as a silent witness to centuries of lives lived and labours undertaken, its spire a modest punctuation mark against the sweep of the horizon. Fields, a patchwork of greens and golds depending on the season, stretch outwards, hinting at the agricultural pulse that has long sustained this corner of England. Even the lanes, winding between hedgerows, possess a character that feels both familiar and singular, each bend revealing a fresh perspective on the enduring landscape of St Giles on the Heath.
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Explore St Giles on the Heath, Devon, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.687332, -4.321262. 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. |