Lockengate, Cornwall Weather
About Lockengate, Cornwall
Lockengate emerges from the Cornish terrain as a quiet confluence of granite-edged lanes and damp, verdant hollows. It lies 4.4 miles south-south-west of Bodmin (from Bodmin: bearing 213°T, OS grid SX 031 612), and is situated north-north-east of Bugle village. The air here holds the sharp, metallic tang of the nearby china clay workings, a cold clarity that sharpens the edges of the surrounding gorse and bracken. Just a few paces from the main thoroughfare, the Medieval Wayside Cross At Lockengate stands as a blunt, silent witness to the centuries of travellers who have traversed these slopes. To the north, the rise of Castle Hill commands the horizon, its rounded summit catching the bruised, Atlantic-blown light that frequently scours the moorland. The landscape is defined by this hard, unyielding geology, where the earth seems to hold the memory of ancient industry beneath a thin layer of resilient grass. At the periphery, the vast expanse of the Mid Cornwall Moors Sssi exerts a powerful, wild influence, drawing the eye toward the horizon where the sky meets the heather in a blur of indigo. Lockengate remains a place of singular focus, defined less by its buildings than by the profound, wind-swept stillness that settles over the fields as the afternoon fades.
Flight conditions near Lockengate. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Lockengate and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lockengate, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lockengate, 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 Lockengate includes coordinates 50.41823, -4.772541, 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 Lockengate is available on the Lockengate 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.