Downrow emerges from the rugged Cornish landscape as a cluster of stone dwellings defined by the relentless Atlantic winds. It lies 3.3 miles north-west of Camelford (from Camelford: bearing 315°T, OS grid SX 069 877), and is situated south-south-east of Bossiney village. The horizon here is marked by the sharp rise of the Tintagel Cliffs SSSI, where the salt-heavy air clarifies the light until every blade of grass seems etched in high relief. Downrow maintains a quiet distance from the more storied ruins nearby, yet it shares the same ancient, unyielding bedrock. To the north, the earth gives way to the deep, verdant incision of St. Nectan’s Glen, where water carves a restless path through dark slate. The architecture of Downrow reflects a functional austerity, built for endurance against the gales that sweep across the peninsula. Residents often walk the lanes that connect these scattered houses to the remnants of Bossiney Castle, a site where history remains buried beneath a thin mantle of turf. Such proximity to the coast ensures that the character of Downrow is forever tethered to the moods of the sea.
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Live animated radar for Downrow and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Downrow, 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 Downrow includes coordinates 50.657009, -4.732265, 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 Downrow is available on the Downrow 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.