Kerris emerges from the Cornish landscape as a cluster of granite-hewn dwellings defined by the salt-tide breeze and the quiet geometry of ancient enclosures. It lies 1.6 miles south-west of Newlyn (from Newlyn: bearing 221°T, OS grid SW 444 271), and is situated west-north-west of Sheffield village. The light here possesses a singular, bruised clarity, often catching the grey, lichen-dusted surface of the nearby Kerris Cross as it stands guard over the shifting shadows of the fields. To the north-east, the damp, sequestered expanse of Chyenhal Moor SSSI offers a stark contrast to the manicured stone boundaries that define the local agricultural rhythm. The terrain remains stubbornly uneven, a testament to a geography shaped by heavy Atlantic weather and the slow, deliberate work of generations who cleared the gorse to find pasture. Walking the narrow lanes, one feels the weight of a landscape that has long resisted the encroaching speed of the modern world. Kerris retains a profound sense of isolation, where the horizon feels closer than it does elsewhere, and the silence of the evening is broken only by the distant, rhythmic lowing of cattle. This is a place where the earth seems to hold its breath beneath the heavy, expansive sky of the South West.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kerris, 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 Kerris includes coordinates 50.089726, -5.573619, 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 Kerris is available on the Kerris 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.