Rame occupies a quiet, salt-sprayed prominence above the churning grey currents of the English Channel. It lies 3.8 miles south of Torpoint (from Torpoint: bearing 191°T, OS grid SX 425 493), and is situated south-south-west of Cawsand village. The landscape here is defined by a rigorous, wind-bitten austerity where the earth seems to recoil slightly from the relentless Atlantic gales. To the south, the ancient ruins of the chapel at Rame Head survey the horizon, a stone sentinel that has long watched the shifting moods of the sea. Only a short distance away, the imposing silhouette of Polhawn Fort clings to the cliffside like a jagged tooth, grounding the horizon in a history of defensive vigilance. Northward, the verdant, sheltered dip of Coombe Bottoms offers a brief, verdant respite from the exposure of the exposed coastal plateau. Rame remains a place where the architecture of the past—both the military fortification and the medieval ruin—seems to press heavily against the present day. Even the light here possesses a peculiar, metallic clarity that renders the surrounding gorse and rock with startling, uncompromising definition.
Flight conditions near Rame. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Rame and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rame, 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 Rame includes coordinates 50.323049, -4.213433, 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 Rame is available on the Rame 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.