Latchbrook, Cornwall Weather
About Latchbrook, Cornwall
Latchbrook drifts across the Cornish landscape as a quiet collection of suburban lanes that catch the low, slanted light of the South West. It lies 1.3 miles west of Saltash (from Saltash: bearing 277°T, OS grid SX 408 591), and is situated north-north-west of Forder village. The topography here leans toward the soft, green hollows of the earth, where the damp air of Alderplot Bottom pulls a cool, mossy scent into the gardens of the residents. Beyond the domestic fences, the land holds a weightier history, marked by the proximity of the shell keep at Trematon Castle which looms as a grey, jagged silhouette against the horizon. Latchbrook maintains a rhythm governed by the shifting tides of the nearby Tamar, though it remains sheltered from the harsher coastal gales by the rising folds of the surrounding hills. Residents often traverse the local lanes where the tarmac gives way to the ancient, sunken tracks that carve through the limestone soil. The atmosphere is one of persistent stillness, broken only by the sharp, sudden call of birds circling the valley. Even in the height of summer, the quality of the light remains silvered and thin, casting long, melancholic shadows that stretch across the driveways of Latchbrook until dusk.
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About This Latchbrook, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Latchbrook, 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 Latchbrook includes coordinates 50.410912, -4.241299, 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 Latchbrook is available on the Latchbrook 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.