Sharptor, Cornwall Weather
About Sharptor, Cornwall
Sharptor holds the quiet, rugged composure of a place defined by the granite spine of Bodmin Moor. It lies 5.4 miles north of Liskeard (from Liskeard: bearing 4°T, OS grid SX 259 731), and is situated west-south-west of Henwood village. The light here possesses a peculiar clarity, washing over the gorse and heather with a brilliance that renders the distant horizon sharp enough to cut. To the north-north-east, the mass of Sharp Tor commands the skyline, acting as a silent sentinel over the modest cluster of dwellings. Beneath the heather, the earth preserves the memory of older inhabitants, evidenced by the scattered stones of a prehistoric field system that stretches out toward Wardbrook Farm. These ancient remnants sit in conversation with the open sky, their presence felt rather than seen amidst the coarse grasses. Further south, the weathered silhouette of Stowe's Hill rises, its summit home to the remnants of a hillfort where the wind carries a persistent, restless energy. Sharptor remains a point of departure for those who seek the solitude of high, uncultivated ground, where the air tastes of salt and cold stone.
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About This Sharptor, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sharptor, 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 Sharptor includes coordinates 50.532588, -4.456961, 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 Sharptor is available on the Sharptor 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.