Menagissey, Cornwall Weather
About Menagissey, Cornwall
Menagissey emerges from the Cornish landscape as a quiet cluster of stone and slate, holding its own against the persistent Atlantic winds. It lies 2.9 miles north of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 11°T, OS grid SW 712 466), and is situated south-south-west of Mount Hawke village. The low, sloping topography surrounding Menagissey bears the indelible marks of a mining heritage, where the earth was once turned to reveal the mineral wealth beneath the gorse. To the east, the earth holds the ghost of ancient industry at the scheduled monument of the prehistoric round and medieval field system near Coosewartha Farm, where the soil retains a peculiar, heavy silence. The light here has a sharp, Atlantic clarity, often washing the grey stone of the local cottages in a pale, silvery glow that shifts with the passing clouds. A short distance to the north-north-west, the deep, sheltered contours of Chapel Coombe offer a verdant contrast to the exposed, windswept ridges that define the wider parish. Menagissey remains a place of subtle transitions, where the rugged, industrial past bleeds almost imperceptibly into the quietude of modern rural life. The horizon, wide and unencumbered, provides a constant reminder of the proximity of the coast, pulling the salty air across the fields to settle among the garden walls.
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About This Menagissey, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Menagissey, 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 Menagissey includes coordinates 50.275216, -5.212358, 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 Menagissey is available on the Menagissey 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.