Newtown, Cornwall Weather
About Newtown, Cornwall
Newtown emerges from the rolling Cornish landscape as a cluster of dwellings defined by the austere beauty of the surrounding pasture. It lies 4.5 miles south-south-west of Launceston (from Launceston: bearing 207°T, OS grid SX 296 781), and is situated north of Coad's Green village. The light here possesses a peculiar clarity, catching the slate roofs and stone walls with a sharpness that renders the horizon strikingly immediate. To the east, the quiet waters of the Old Mill Leat trace a path through the fields, reflecting a sky that often seems vast and unburdened above the low-lying lanes. A short distance to the south-west, the earthwork of the Round Called Rings Camp remains a silent sentinel, its elevated form marking the passage of centuries upon the high ground. Newtown maintains a modest gravity, its character shaped by the rhythms of the seasons and the enduring permanence of the granite outcrops that pierce the soil. The proximity of such ancient landmarks provides a sense of continuity, grounding the modern existence of Newtown in the deep, unhurried history of the region. Local life unfolds with a measured pace, mirroring the steady, purposeful progress of the winds across the open expanse.
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Live animated radar for Newtown and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Newtown, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newtown, 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 Newtown includes coordinates 50.578319, -4.407754, 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 Newtown is available on the Newtown 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.