Red Post, Cornwall Weather
About Red Post, Cornwall
Red Post marks a quiet intersection of rural lanes where the horizon broadens into the deep, rolling geometry of the Cornish countryside. It lies 2.2 miles east-south-east of Stratton (from Stratton: bearing 111°T, OS grid SS 263 050), and is situated south of Grimscott village. The light here possesses a particular clarity, catching the damp moss on drystone walls and illuminating the high, grassy mound of the Bowl Barrow at Red Post just a short distance to the north. This ancient earthwork serves as a silent sentinel, casting a long shadow over the fields that have supported generations of pastoral labour. Beyond the immediate boundaries, the land inclines toward the Hobbacott Canal Incline, a relic of industrial ambition where the steep gradient once demanded the patient strength of horses and chains. The air carries the scent of turned earth and salt-tinged wind, a reminder of the proximity to the jagged Atlantic coast. Red Post remains a place of understated endurance, where the modern pace of life yields to the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons across the open pasture.
Flight conditions near Red Post. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Red Post and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Red Post, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Red Post, 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 Red Post includes coordinates 50.818926, -4.466187, 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 Red Post is available on the Red Post 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.