Porthallow remains a quiet anchor of stone and salt upon the rugged Cornish coastline. It lies 2.0 miles west-south-west of Looe (from Looe: bearing 244°T, OS grid SX 225 519), and is situated east of Carey Park village. The land here slopes toward the sea with a deliberate, muscular grace, where the earth seems to hold the memory of ancient tides. Only a short distance to the south, the sheltered waters of Talland Sand offer a stark contrast to the craggy, unyielding cliffs that define the local horizon. Porthallow watches the shifting light move across the Atlantic, catching the pale, bruised colours of a winter afternoon before they vanish behind the hills. Nearby, the ecological integrity of Talland Barton Farm Sssi preserves a fragile, verdant corridor of life amidst the salt-sprayed fields. The air carries a thin, persistent sharpness, a reminder that this coast is shaped as much by the restless wind as by human hands. Every boundary and stone wall in Porthallow speaks of a long, pragmatic patience, enduring through the slow churn of the seasons.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Porthallow, 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 Porthallow includes coordinates 50.340661, -4.495318, 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 Porthallow is available on the Porthallow 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.