Gilbert's Coombe, Cornwall Weather
About Gilbert's Coombe, Cornwall
Gilbert's Coombe emerges from the rugged Cornish terrain as a quiet witness to the remnants of a vanished industrial age. It lies 1.2 miles north-west of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 325°T, OS grid SW 690 437), and is situated west-south-west of North Country village. The landscape here retains a melancholic dignity, where the earth still bears the subtle scars of tin and copper extraction that once defined the horizon. To the south, the weathered remains of the Tolgus Arsenic Works Calciner stand as a stark reminder of the intense heat and labour that defined the lives of those who worked the deep veins of the earth. Gilbert's Coombe occupies a space where the sharp, metallic legacy of the past softens into the encroaching verdure of the surrounding fields. The light across these slopes possesses a singular clarity, casting long, contemplative shadows that stretch toward the valley of Tolgus Mount. Nature steadily reclaims the ground, softening the jagged edges of stone structures until they appear as natural outcrops amidst the gorse and bracken. This quietude invites a reflective pace, far removed from the clamour of modern thoroughfares.
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About This Gilbert's Coombe, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gilbert's Coombe, 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 Gilbert's Coombe includes coordinates 50.248352, -5.240572, 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 Gilbert's Coombe is available on the Gilbert's Coombe 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.