Illogan Highway, Cornwall Weather
About Illogan Highway, Cornwall
Illogan Highway stretches across the rugged spine of Cornwall, where the air often tastes of salt and the lingering ghosts of a subterranean past. It lies 1.5 miles west-south-west of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 255°T, OS grid SW 677 416), and is situated east-north-east of Pool village. The iron-rich soil here holds memories of deep-vein mining, a heritage that asserts itself in the stark, upright silhouette of the East Pool Mine rising sharply against the horizon. Below the heavy sky, the quiet pathways of Wheal Fortune Park offer a respite where the grass grows thick and resilient over the scars of old engine houses. Light filters through the grey clouds with a singular, metallic clarity, catching the weathered stone of local walls that have withstood decades of Atlantic gales. Illogan Highway maintains a stoic character, shaped by the harsh, industrious rhythm of those who once laboured to harvest the riches hidden beneath the granite. The incline of the terrain reminds travellers of the immense weight of history pressing up from the bedrock, demanding respect from every modern structure that occupies the space. Here, the landscape does not offer soft comforts, but instead presents a raw, honest beauty that anchors the spirit firmly to the earth.
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About This Illogan Highway, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Illogan Highway, 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 Illogan Highway includes coordinates 50.228842, -5.257227, 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 Illogan Highway is available on the Illogan Highway 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.