Paul rises above the western slopes of Mount’s Bay, where the Atlantic light often bleaches the granite walls into a pale, ghostly silver. It lies 1.1 miles south of Newlyn (from Newlyn: bearing 173°T, OS grid SW 463 271), and is situated north-east of Sheffield village. The horizon here is dominated by the vast, shifting grey of the English Channel, which seems to press against the land with an insistent, rhythmic weight. A medieval wayside cross at Paul keeps a silent, stony watch over the lanes, its weathered form a reminder of the centuries that have dissolved into the local soil. Nearby, the Penlee Quarry SSSIs reveal the jagged, industrial bones of a coast once hollowed out for its mineral wealth. Those who walk the quiet paths often find themselves caught between the salt-thickened air and the heavy, enduring stillness of the churchyard. Paul maintains a solitude that feels entirely separate from the frantic pace of the nearby coast, as if the houses were anchored against the wind by their own gravity. Even the modern day feels thin here, worn away by the constant friction of the sea against the crags of Penlee Point.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Paul, 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 Paul includes coordinates 50.090483, -5.547217, 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 Paul is available on the Paul 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.