Rock, Cornwall Weather
About Rock, Cornwall
Rock commands the northern bank of the Camel Estuary, where the salt-heavy air clings to the hulls of moored craft and the tide dictates the slow pulse of the day. It lies 1.3 miles east of Padstow (from Padstow: bearing 90°T, OS grid SW 938 753), and is situated south-west of Pityme village. Beyond the main thoroughfare, the wind sculpts the expansive Rock Dunes SSSI, a shifting landscape of marram grass and pale sand that seems to hold the ghost of every Atlantic gale. To the south, the ancient stones of the Churchyard Cross in St Michael’s Churchyard, Porthilly, stand in quiet defiance of the encroaching sea, marking a site that has watched over these waters for centuries. The light here possesses a particular, silvered quality, reflecting off the water to illuminate the white-washed facades that define the character of Rock. Visitors often cross the estuary by ferry, arriving to find a terrain defined by the interplay of deep river channels and the raw, unvarnished edge of the Cornish coast. The soil is thin and sandy, yet it supports a resilient local culture that has evolved alongside the demands of the maritime environment. Every season brings a different temperament to the shoreline, ensuring that the geography of the estuary remains as restless as the currents themselves.
Flight conditions near Rock. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Rock and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Rock, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rock, 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 Rock includes coordinates 50.541776, -4.911384, 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 Rock is available on the Rock 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.