Higher Downs, Cornwall Weather
About Higher Downs, Cornwall
Higher Downs occupies a quiet vantage point where the Cornish light stretches long and thin across the fields. It lies 2.1 miles east of Marazion (from Marazion: bearing 82°T, OS grid SW 551 309), and is situated south-west of St Hilary village. The wind here carries a sharp, salt-crusted clarity, often sweeping over the remnants of the Tregurtha Downs Mine Complex that haunt the western horizon with their fractured masonry. Higher Downs remains tethered to a landscape where the soil is stained by the industrial ambition of centuries past. A short walk north brings one to the churchyard of St Hilary, where the ancient wayside crosses stand as stoic sentinels against the encroaching gorse and heather. These stone relics hold a heavy, silent gravity, unmoved by the passage of the seasons or the flickering shadows of the clouds above. The air in Higher Downs feels thin and exhilarating, possessing the pale, translucent quality of a page waiting for a history yet to be fully written. Every boundary wall and hollow in the earth serves as a quiet reminder of a rugged, unyielding geology that defines the very character of this corner of the South West.
Flight conditions near Higher Downs. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Higher Downs and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Higher Downs, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Higher Downs, 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 Higher Downs includes coordinates 50.127895, -5.427125, 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 Higher Downs is available on the Higher Downs 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.