Forda, Cornwall Weather
About Forda, Cornwall
Forda remains a quiet collection of stone and slate holding its own against the slow, persistent drift of the Cornish weather. It lies 4.1 miles north-east of Stratton (from Stratton: bearing 40°T, OS grid SS 275 112), and is situated east of Kilkhampton village. The landscape here is defined by the soft, damp urgency of Abbery Water, which carves a path through the fields just a short distance to the south-west. Above the low-lying ground, the Lymsworthy Meadows SSSI preserves a seven-hectare expanse of untamed grass that shimmers with a peculiar, pale intensity under the midday sun. Forda feels anchored to this earth, far removed from the clamour of the coast, where the horizon often blurs into a grey, indistinguishable line. Ancient ridges trace the perimeter of the fields, silent witnesses to the iron-wrought lives that once occupied the nearby defended settlement. The air carries a heavy, sweet scent of damp moss and churning water, suggesting a world that prioritises the slow rotation of the seasons over the haste of modern life. Time in Forda does not march forward with a drumbeat, but instead circles back, repeating the rhythmic cycle of rain and growth that has persisted for centuries.
Flight conditions near Forda. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Forda and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Forda, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Forda, 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 Forda includes coordinates 50.875209, -4.453081, 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 Forda is available on the Forda 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.