Cawsand, Cornwall Weather
About Cawsand, Cornwall
Cawsand gazes across the restless grey currents of Plymouth Sound, its slate-roofed dwellings huddled against the steep, verdant incline of the Rame Peninsula. It lies 3.1 miles south of Torpoint (from Torpoint: bearing 186°T, OS grid SX 431 503), and is situated south-south-west of Kingsand village. The salt-crusted masonry of the local cottages reflects a history defined by the clandestine arrival of spirits and tobacco, goods once spirited through these narrow, winding lanes under the cover of a moonless night. Above the shoreline, the heavy, overgrown ramparts of Cawsand Fort loom as a silent sentinel, its Victorian brickwork now softened by the patient encroachment of ivy and bramble. Down at the water’s edge, Cawsand Beach offers a textured expanse of shingle and sand, where the tide leaves behind a rhythmic debris of kelp and smoothed glass. To the north, the sprawling acreage of Mount Edgcumbe Country Park provides a verdant buffer of ancient woodland and manicured gardens that soften the transition toward the open sea. The light here possesses a peculiar, silvery clarity, often catching the white hulls of bobbing boats as they pull at their moorings in the bay. Cawsand remains a place where the shifting moods of the Atlantic dictate the pace of life, demanding a quiet respect from those who traverse its rugged, salt-bitten periphery.
Flight conditions near Cawsand. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Cawsand and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Cawsand, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cawsand, 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 Cawsand includes coordinates 50.332051, -4.204507, 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 Cawsand is available on the Cawsand 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.