Little Beside emerges from the Cornish earth as a quiet testament to the industrious spirit of the mid-county mining landscape. It lies 2.3 miles east-north-east of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 71°T, OS grid SW 737 431), and is situated north of Crofthandy village. The morning light here often catches the lingering traces of a mineral-rich past, casting long, melancholic shadows across the undulating terrain. A short distance to the south-west, the Wheal Gorland Sssi reveals the raw, geological bones of the region, where rare minerals once drew men deep into the dark veins of the ground. Nearby, the jagged, lonely silhouettes of the Chimney Ruins rise against the horizon, marking the places where steam and iron once dominated the silence. Little Beside remains defined by this proximity to the derelict architecture of the industrial age, which now softens into the green embrace of the scrubland. The air carries a distinct clarity, sharp and unencumbered, as it sweeps across the open spaces between the old workings. Even today, the hum of the modern world feels distant, replaced by the persistent, rhythmic shift of the wind through the gorse.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Little Beside, 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 Little Beside includes coordinates 50.245005, -5.175183, 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 Little Beside is available on the Little Beside 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.