Fraddam, Cornwall Weather
About Fraddam, Cornwall
Fraddam remains a quiet cluster of stone and slate where the Cornish wind carries a sharp, Atlantic saltiness across the fields. It lies 2.5 miles south-east of Hayle (from Hayle: bearing 125°T, OS grid SW 590 347), and is situated west of Leedstown village. The landscape here is defined by a low, rolling topography that yields to the expansive reach of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, a World Heritage Site that shadows the southern horizon with echoes of subterranean toil. Fraddam sits within a terrain where the light has a peculiar, translucent quality, often catching the grey granite of local walls until they glow like embers against the deepening green of the pastures. A short distance to the north-west, the earth rises at the Round at Castle Kayle Farm, a circular earthwork that marks the ground with the heavy, silent gravity of ancient human intent. The air in Fraddam feels anchored by this proximity to history, yet it remains intensely present, focused on the seasonal shifts of the hedgerows and the narrow, winding lanes. Winter evenings here bring a stillness so profound that the distant, mechanical pulse of the modern world fades entirely, leaving only the rustle of gorse and the long, thin shadows of the setting sun. Every path surrounding Fraddam seems to trace the contours of a land that has spent centuries quietly refining its own rugged, solitary character.
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Live animated radar for Fraddam and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Fraddam, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fraddam, 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 Fraddam includes coordinates 50.163259, -5.375584, 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 Fraddam is available on the Fraddam 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.