Poughill retains the ancient, weathered character of a place where the Atlantic winds have long dictated the lean of the trees and the slant of the stone walls. It lies 1.0 miles north-west of Stratton (from Stratton: bearing 322°T, OS grid SS 221 076). The salt-heavy air drifts inland to meet the quiet lanes, where the light often pools in the deep, fern-lined hedgerows like thick, golden honey. History rests heavily upon the nearby slopes, specifically at the Battle of Stratton 1643, where the earth still holds the quiet memory of a significant Civil War engagement across sixty-three hectares of landscape. The parish church, with its tower rising above the slate roofs, remains a silent anchor for the houses that cluster around it in a loose, organic sprawl. To the west, the landscape softens toward the Maer Lake Nature Reserve, where the water catches the grey-blue of the Cornwall sky and offers a sanctuary for the local birdlife. Poughill avoids the frantic pace of the coast, preferring instead the steady, rhythmic pulse of rural life that persists regardless of the changing seasons. The terrain here rises and falls with a deliberate grace, guiding the eye toward the coastal ridges where the Three Bowl Barrows stand as silent, earthen witnesses to prehistoric generations.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Poughill, 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 Poughill includes coordinates 50.841401, -4.52675, 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 Poughill is available on the Poughill 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.