Grampound, Cornwall Weather
About Grampound, Cornwall
Grampound anchors the verdant slopes of the Fal valley, where the River Fal carves a quiet, persistent path toward the southern coast. It lies 5.5 miles west-south-west of St Austell (from St Austell: bearing 240°T, OS grid SW 936 483), and is situated south-east of Grampound Road village. Stone walls and ancient granite markers dictate the rhythm of the landscape, including the Market Cross and Cross Base immediately south-west of St Nun’s Church, which watch over the passage of time with silent, weathered authority. The air here carries a damp, mineral sweetness, rising from the proximity of the Crowhill Valley SSSI where the earth remains undisturbed by modern industry. Long ago, the charter of Grampound established a centre of trade, though the bustle of the market has since surrendered to the stillness of mossy lanes and low-hanging sunlight. Beyond the immediate dwellings, the Medieval Wayside Cross Base on Creed Hill stands as a solitary sentinel, marking an intersection where the past seems to press closer against the present. Residents observe the sky shifting over the rooftops, a theatre of grey and gold that transforms the slate tiles into shimmering planes of light. Grampound retains a distinct, unyielding character, defined as much by its stubborn geography as by the quietude that settles over its streets when the evening mist drifts in from the hills.
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Live animated radar for Grampound and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Grampound, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Grampound, 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 Grampound includes coordinates 50.29927, -4.89921, 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 Grampound is available on the Grampound 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.