Crofthandy, Cornwall Weather
About Crofthandy, Cornwall
Crofthandy rises from the rugged, mineral-rich earth of Cornwall, a place where the horizon remains defined by the skeletal remains of a vanished industrial age. It lies 2.2 miles east of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 82°T, OS grid SW 736 424), and is situated south of Little Beside village. The light here has a sharp, metallic clarity, often catching the jagged silhouettes of the nearby Chimney Ruins that punctuate the skyline like broken teeth. Beneath the surface, the ground holds the quiet weight of deep-shaft mining, a legacy that lingers in the acidic, vibrant hues of the Wheal Gorland Sssi. Crofthandy maintains a stoic character, its lanes winding through a landscape that seems to be slowly reclaimed by wild gorse and stubborn grasses. The air often carries a faint, damp chill, a reminder of the proximity to the flooded voids of the old workings. Such spaces create a stillness that feels heavy with the memory of men and machines that once laboured in the shadows of the engine houses. Even as the modern world pushes against its borders, the grit of the earth ensures that the character of the place remains stubbornly, austerely itself.
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About This Crofthandy, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crofthandy, 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 Crofthandy includes coordinates 50.238878, -5.17521, 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 Crofthandy is available on the Crofthandy 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.