Lanjeth, Cornwall Weather
About Lanjeth, Cornwall
Lanjeth emerges from the Cornish landscape as a cluster of stone and slate held firm against the Atlantic winds. It lies 2.5 miles west of St Austell (from St Austell: bearing 274°T, OS grid SW 974 529), and is situated west of Hornick village. The earth here carries the pale, dusty legacy of the china clay industry, a white grit that lingers on the hem of every passing breeze. To the northwest, the still, reflective surface of the Carpalla Mica Dam mirrors a sky that often shifts from bruised violet to a sudden, piercing clarity. A short distance to the north, the slopes of Watch Hill rise with a quiet authority, marking the transition from the low-lying fields to the more rugged interior. Lanjeth remains tethered to this mineral-rich soil, where the light hits the white banks of old workings and bounces back with a brilliance that can make the midday sun feel almost fragile. Further to the east, the water of the Gover Stream carves a path through the valley, drawing the moisture of the high ground down toward the coast. These surroundings possess a stark, industrial beauty, where the remnants of a working past soften into the green encroachment of gorse and bracken.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lanjeth, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lanjeth, 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 Lanjeth includes coordinates 50.341141, -4.847673, 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 Lanjeth is available on the Lanjeth 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.