Foxhole, Cornwall Weather
About Foxhole, Cornwall
Foxhole claims its place upon the rugged, elevated spine of mid-Cornwall, where the earth holds the pale, powdery residue of a long-standing china clay legacy. It lies 3.4 miles west-north-west of St Austell (from St Austell: bearing 293°T, OS grid SW 965 547), and is situated south-south-east of Goverseth village. The light here possesses a singular clarity, often catching the high, stark edges of the Carpalla Mica Dam as it mirrors the shifting moods of the Atlantic sky. To the south-west, the ancient, grassy ramparts of the Earlier Prehistoric Hillfort and Round Cairn at St Stephen's Beacon silently command the horizon, a reminder of those who first read the contours of this land. Foxhole retains a sturdy, unpretentious character, shaped by the industrial rhythm of the pits that once defined the labour of its residents. Below the village, the land drops away toward the historic Tregargus Quarries, where the stone-grinding mills still carry the quiet weight of nineteenth-century ingenuity. On clear afternoons, the wind sweeps across the open heights, carrying the sharp, clean scent of gorse and the lingering mineral dust of the clay works. This landscape does not offer soft comforts, but instead presents a stark, honest beauty that commands respect from those who traverse its slopes.
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About This Foxhole, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Foxhole, 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 Foxhole includes coordinates 50.357637, -4.861302, 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 Foxhole is available on the Foxhole 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.