Lower Ninnis emerges from the rugged Cornish landscape as a quiet witness to the remnants of a once-feverish industrial past. It lies 1.2 miles east of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 84°T, OS grid SW 720 422), and is situated west-south-west of St Day village. The terrain here holds a particular, austere beauty, where the pale afternoon light catches the remnants of old stone walls that once partitioned a working countryside. Just a short distance to the south-south-west, the Roman Milestone at Mynheer Farm anchors the earth, serving as a silent, weathered sentinel of ancient passage. To the east, the skeletal remains of the St Day Old Church rise against the horizon like a broken promise, their hollowed windows framing the shifting clouds. Lower Ninnis retains a sense of seclusion, defined by the sharp, metallic tang of mineral-rich soil that speaks to the deep mining veins of the region. The nearby summit of Carn Marth looms over the horizon, its dark, craggy profile offering a stark contrast to the low-lying domesticity of the hamlet. This corner of Cornwall demands a slow, deliberate gaze, rewarding the observer with the quiet dignity of a place that has outlived the clamour of its own history.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lower Ninnis, 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 Lower Ninnis includes coordinates 50.235995, -5.197306, 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 Lower Ninnis is available on the Lower Ninnis 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.