Illand remains a quiet collection of stone and slate where the Cornish landscape stretches out in long, unhurried lines of pasture and hedge. It lies 4.6 miles south-south-west of Launceston (from Launceston: bearing 212°T, OS grid SX 290 782), and is situated north-north-west of Coad's Green village. The air here holds the damp, cool clarity typical of the South West, often catching the light in a way that turns the granite walls of farmsteads to the colour of weathered pewter. To the south, the earth rises slightly at the Round Called Rings Camp, an ancient earthwork that marks the horizon with a subtle, circular prominence. This proximity to such prehistoric remains lends Illand a gravity that contrasts with the rhythmic, seasonal toil of the surrounding fields. Further to the east, the waters of the Old Mill Leat trace a reflective path through the basin, softening the sharp edges of the land as they move toward the lower valleys. Illand possesses a stillness that seems to gather in the hollows, untouched by the haste of the modern thoroughfares that bypass its borders. Such isolation preserves the character of the place, allowing the evening shadows to lengthen across the grass with a deliberate, singular grace.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Illand, 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 Illand includes coordinates 50.57932, -4.415843, 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 Illand is available on the Illand 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.