Clampit remains a quiet pocket of Cornish earth where the land leans toward the tidal reaches of the Tamar. It lies 2.3 miles north-north-west of Saltash (from Saltash: bearing 345°T, OS grid SX 420 624), and is situated west of Cargreen village. The terrain here falls away in soft, rhythmic folds, guiding the rain toward the silted edges of Kingsmill Lake. To the south-east, the slopes of Colloggett Hill catch the low autumnal light, throwing long, thin shadows across the damp pastures. Clampit maintains a stoic independence, defined more by the shifting mudflats and the salt-heavy air than by the bustle of the nearby river ports. The hedgerows here are thick with blackthorn and hazel, guarding the narrow lanes that serve as the only arteries for the few who work this soil. Local life is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, inevitable rising of the tide that swallows the margins of the fields. Even in the height of summer, a certain melancholic stillness persists, as if the landscape is holding its breath against the encroaching silence of the estuary.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clampit, 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 Clampit includes coordinates 50.440407, -4.225271, 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 Clampit is available on the Clampit 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.