Scredda occupies a rugged corner of the Cornish landscape where the earth bears the deep, white scars of a long-standing industrial heritage. It lies 1.3 miles north of St Austell (from St Austell: bearing 11°T, OS grid SX 019 544), and is situated north-east of Trethowel village. Sunlight here catches the fine, pale dust that lingers in the air, a persistent reminder of the china clay works that have defined the local horizon for generations. To the north, the Great Treverbyn Mica Dam reflects a sky that often seems wider and more restless than in the sheltered valleys below. The topography of Scredda remains shaped by the quiet, methodical extraction of mineral wealth, leaving behind a terrain of steep banks and unexpected hollows. A short walk toward the east brings one to the Trethurgy Reservoir, where the water lies still and dark against the surrounding gorse and scrub. Scredda holds a stark, functional beauty, defined not by ornamental gardens, but by the honest collision of man’s labour and the resilient, rocky soil of the peninsula.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Scredda, 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 Scredda includes coordinates 50.356783, -4.785745, 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 Scredda is available on the Scredda 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.