Lansallos commands a rugged prominence above the restless churn of the English Channel, where the salt-heavy winds scrub the landscape into a raw, enduring clarity. It lies 2.9 miles east of Fowey (from Fowey: bearing 89°T, OS grid SX 172 516), and is situated west of Polperro village. Ancient stone walls define the perimeter of the churchyard, where the Wayside Cross stands as a weathered sentinel against the passage of centuries. Beyond the church, the terrain drops sharply toward the sea, cradling the hidden, tranquil descent of West Coombe. The air here holds a particular, bracing sharpness, caught between the quiet damp of the inland valleys and the relentless spray of the coast. To the southwest, the Polruan to Polperro SSSI stretches across the cliffs, protecting a wild, unmanicured stretch of earth that resists the encroachments of modern vanity. Lansallos remains a place of deep, stony silences, where the light hits the slate and granite with a pale, uncompromising intensity. The earth bears the scars of an older, agrarian rhythm that persists beneath the quietude, indifferent to the hurried pace of the world beyond the cliffs.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lansallos, 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 Lansallos includes coordinates 50.335997, -4.56901, 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 Lansallos is available on the Lansallos 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.