Charlestown, Cornwall Weather
About Charlestown, Cornwall
Charlestown commands the rugged Cornish coastline with the stoic dignity of a harbour carved by human ambition from solid rock. It lies 1.5 miles east-south-east of St Austell (from St Austell: bearing 104°T, OS grid SX 037 517), and is situated east-north-east of Duporth village. Granite quays, once darkened by the coal dust of the nineteenth century, now hold the shifting tides in a quiet, salt-crusted embrace. Beyond the protective embrace of the harbour walls, Charlestown Beach opens to the vast, grey-blue expanse of the English Channel, where the light catches the foam in fleeting, silver ribbons. A short walk southward leads to the tranquil sands of Duporth Beach, where the sea whispers against the shore with a rhythmic, percussive persistence. Echoes of a more industrial past linger just inland, where the ruins of the Old Mine stand as silent, weathered sentinels overlooking the hollows. The air here tastes of brine and damp stone, a bracing clarity that defines the character of the coast. Every vessel moored in the basin seems to hold its breath against the incoming Atlantic swells, waiting for the turn of the tide.
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Live animated radar for Charlestown and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Charlestown, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Charlestown, 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 Charlestown includes coordinates 50.333257, -4.758749, 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 Charlestown is available on the Charlestown 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.