New Grimsby catches the Atlantic light in a way that turns the shallow harbour into a basin of polished, translucent glass. It lies 3.0 miles north-north-west of Hugh Town (from Hugh Town: bearing 340°T, OS grid SV 889 152), and is situated south-south-west of Old Grimsby village. The salt-crusted air here carries the bracing clarity of the open sea, constantly scouring the granite outcrops that define the local topography. To the east, the slopes of Vane Hill rise in a gentle, rounded swell, their ancient, weathered slopes marked by the silent presence of a prehistoric round cairn. Below these heights, the landscape softens into the damp, low-lying expanse of Queen's Ledge, where the tide dictates the slow movement of the water. New Grimsby maintains a quiet, maritime poise, looking out over the Tresco Channel toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the outer islands. The tides here do not merely rise and fall; they arrive with a rhythmic, heavy gravity that seems to pull the very colour from the sky. This balance of stone and swell creates a solitude that feels entirely unburdened by the frantic pulse of the mainland.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Grimsby, 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 New Grimsby includes coordinates 49.955799, -6.338786, 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 New Grimsby is available on the New Grimsby 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.