Carn Towan, Cornwall Weather
About Carn Towan, Cornwall
Carn Towan endures as a rugged outpost where the Atlantic winds sculpt the gorse and granite of the Cornish peninsula. It lies 2.9 miles south of St Just (from St Just: bearing 188°T, OS grid SW 361 267), and is situated north-east of Sennen Cove village. The salt-crusted air here carries a sharp clarity, illuminating the low-lying hills that roll toward the sea. To the north, the golden sands of Gwynver beach offer a quiet respite, their pale expanse shifting beneath the moods of a relentless sky. Carn Towan occupies a landscape defined by the ancient, weathered stone of the far west, where the earth feels thin and the horizon holds a heavy, oceanic gravity. A short walk southward brings one to the verdant expanse of Escalls Green, a patch of land that retains a stillness despite the proximity of the crashing tide. This corner of England resists the softening touch of modern artifice, preferring the honest, unyielding grit of its own coastal geography.
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Live animated radar for Carn Towan and surroundings — RainViewer.
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About This Carn Towan, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carn Towan, 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 Towan includes coordinates 50.082245, -5.689544, 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 Towan is available on the Carn Towan 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.