Carn Brea Village, Cornwall Weather
About Carn Brea Village, Cornwall
Carn Brea Village commands a rugged vantage point where the granite bones of Cornwall break through the thin, stubborn turf. It lies 0.9 miles west-south-west of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 237°T, OS grid SW 688 413), and is situated east of Illogan Highway village. Above the rooftops, the craggy silhouette of Carn Brea hill dominates the horizon, its summit bearing the weight of a Neolithic hilltop enclosure and a medieval castle that appears to have grown directly from the rock. The light here has a sharp, Atlantic clarity that catches the grey stone of the Basset Monument, a lonely finger pointing toward the shifting clouds. Below the slopes, the stillness of the House of Water reservoir offers a dark, reflective contrast to the harsh, wind-battered heights above. History in Carn Brea Village is not merely recorded in ledgers but is visible in the jagged scars of ancient mineral workings that seam the landscape like a map of forgotten toil. Even as the modern world edges closer, the air retains a metallic tang of industry, a faint echo of the deep-veined earth that once defined the livelihood of every household. Walking the lanes, one senses the quiet endurance of a place that has long watched the sun rise and set over the tin-streaked hills of the west.
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About This Carn Brea Village, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carn Brea Village, 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 Carn Brea Village includes coordinates 50.227132, -5.241811, 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 Carn Brea Village is available on the Carn Brea Village 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.