Carluddon, Cornwall Weather
About Carluddon, Cornwall
Carluddon emerges from the rugged clay-scarred terrain of Cornwall as a quiet witness to the region’s long industrial transformation. It lies 1.9 miles north-north-east of St Austell (from St Austell: bearing 13°T, OS grid SX 023 554), and is situated south of Penwithick village. The horizon here is dominated by the stark, white remnants of the china clay industry, where the earth has been turned inside out to reveal its pale, quartz-rich bones. To the west, the still waters of the Great Treverbyn Mica Dam catch the shifting sky, reflecting the grey and blue tones of a landscape that feels both ancient and perpetually being reshaped. Nearby, the jagged outcrops of Carn Grey Rock rise from the gorse, providing a rugged sanctuary for local wildlife amidst the expansive, open moorland. Sunlight often hits the white spoil heaps at an angle that renders them brilliant, almost blinding, against the deeper greens of the surrounding scrubland. Carluddon maintains a modest, utilitarian presence, its character defined by the grit of the pits and the persistent, bracing winds that sweep across the plateau. The air holds a distinct, mineral clarity that speaks of deep earth and open spaces, grounding the hamlet in its singular, uncompromising geography.
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About This Carluddon, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carluddon, 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 Carluddon includes coordinates 50.365303, -4.781154, 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 Carluddon is available on the Carluddon 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.