Bottoms emerges from the rugged Cornish landscape as a cluster of dwellings defined by the quiet austerity of the far west. It lies 4.5 miles south-south-east of St Just (from St Just: bearing 166°T, OS grid SW 385 242), and is situated north-east of Trethewey village. Salt-laden winds sweep across the exposed granite outcrops, scouring the stone walls until they possess the worn, silvered texture of driftwood. To the south-east, the sheltered greenery of the Penberth Valley offers a sharp contrast to the windswept fields that surround the hearths of Bottoms. The Penberth River carves a narrow, rhythmic path toward the coast, its presence felt in the humid, moss-softened air that lingers in the lower declivities. Granite remains the primary language of the architecture, where heavy lintels bear the weight of centuries with a stoic, unyielding grace. The light here has a peculiar clarity, stripping away artifice and rendering the gorse-yellowed horizon with an almost piercing intensity. Walking the lanes near Bottoms, one senses the enduring solitude of a landscape that has long prioritised the elements over the interference of men.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bottoms, 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 Bottoms includes coordinates 50.060805, -5.654328, 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 Bottoms is available on the Bottoms 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.