Botallack, Cornwall Weather
About Botallack, Cornwall
Granite cliffs and the salt-bitten architecture of industry define the rugged horizon of Botallack. It lies 0.8 miles north-north-west of St Just (from St Just: bearing 348°T, OS grid SW 368 326), and is situated north-west of Tregeseal village. The Atlantic wind carves a sharp, clean clarity into the air here, scouring the gorse and heather that cling to the steep coastal slopes. Below the village, the skeletal remains of the Crowns Mine cling precariously to the cliff face, their dark stonework mirroring the temper of the churning sea below. A short distance away, the quiet shadows of Kenidjack Valley reveal the scars of a subterranean past where the earth was once hollowed for its mineral wealth. The landscape remains haunted by the heavy, silent presence of the past, where the rusted remnants of the Botallack Mines stand as monuments to a vanished industrial fever. Sunlight often catches the mica in the rocks, causing the terrain to shimmer with a cold, metallic brilliance that defies the grey Atlantic squalls. This hard, uncompromising ground demands a quiet respect, offering little shelter from the elements yet rewarding the observer with a stark and elemental beauty.
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About This Botallack, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Botallack, Cornwall, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Botallack includes coordinates 50.135809, -5.683701, in the county of Cornwall, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Botallack is available on the Botallack map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cornwall weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.