Perrancoombe occupies a quiet hollow where the land dips toward the sea, cradled by the rugged geology of the Cornish coast. It lies 6.7 miles north-west of Truro (from Truro: bearing 313°T, OS grid SW 750 524), and is situated north-east of Trevellas village. The valley floor catches the low, pale light of late afternoon, casting long shadows that stretch across the damp earth as if tracing the ancient contours of the hills. High above the rooftops, the Cligga Head Sssi stands as a jagged sentinel against the Atlantic, its weathered cliffs bearing the marks of long-abandoned mining efforts. To the north, the rounded profile of the prehistoric barrow near Anchor rises silently from the moorland, a lingering remnant of those who walked these slopes centuries before. The air here holds a sharp, clean tang of salt carried inland by the prevailing winds, tempering the scent of bracken and gorse that rises from the valley sides. Perrancoombe remains defined by this proximity to the coast, where the sky is expansive and the weather moves with a restless, shifting intensity.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Perrancoombe, 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 Perrancoombe includes coordinates 50.329295, -5.162028, 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 Perrancoombe is available on the Perrancoombe 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.