Churchtown, Cornwall Weather
About Churchtown, Cornwall
Churchtown commands a solitary presence upon the granite-strewn shoulders of Bodmin Moor, where the wind carries a sharp, metallic edge from the distant Atlantic. It lies 4.1 miles south of Camelford (from Camelford: bearing 185°T, OS grid SX 098 771), and is situated north-north-east of St Breward village. The light here possesses a peculiar clarity, bleaching the dry-stone walls to a pale, bone-white hue that contrasts with the bruised purple of the encroaching heath. Only a short walk away, the Medieval Churchyard Cross stands as a silent, lichen-crusted sentinel, its weathered features blurring into the grey sky as if seeking to return to the earth. The landscape around Churchtown is defined by the remnants of industry, where the De Lank Quarries Sssi carve deep, shadowed gashes into the hillside, revealing the raw, unyielding geology that forms the foundation of the region. Fragments of ancient life linger in the quiet corners of the moor, where the prehistoric hut circles endure as mere rings of stone against the vast, indifferent horizon. Churchtown remains a place of rigorous exposure, where the silence is broken only by the rhythmic passage of clouds and the occasional cry of a buzzard circling the high, desolate tors. Every path leading away from the houses seems to dissolve into the moorland, offering no promise of destination, only the invitation to walk until the horizon swallows the traveler whole.
Flight conditions near Churchtown. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Churchtown and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Churchtown, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Churchtown, 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 Churchtown includes coordinates 50.563075, -4.686338, 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 Churchtown is available on the Churchtown 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.