Goonbell holds the quiet tension of Cornwall’s mining legacy, where the earth still remembers the heavy tread of industry beneath a skin of lush grass. It lies 5.1 miles north-north-east of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 18°T, OS grid SW 729 497), and is situated south-east of St Agnes village. The landscape here is defined by the slow reclamation of the land, as gorse and heather soften the sharp edges of old spoil heaps that once hummed with the exertion of men. To the north-east, the ancient, silent earthworks of the Three Round Barrows 255M North West Of Ropewalk Farm stand as stoic sentinels against the Atlantic winds. These mounds rise from the moor like slumbering giants, watching over a terrain that has traded its subterranean wealth for the stillness of coastal fields. Down in the sheltered creases of the land, Jericho Valley offers a verdant respite where the air hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and bracken. The light in Goonbell possesses a particular clarity, a sharp, salt-washed brightness that highlights the rugged geometry of the surrounding hills. Residents walk paths that trace the veins of a vanished economy, moving between the echoes of the past and the persistent, unyielding beauty of the Cornish sky.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Goonbell, 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 Goonbell includes coordinates 50.304026, -5.19031, 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 Goonbell is available on the Goonbell 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.