Sithney, Cornwall Weather
About Sithney, Cornwall
Sithney commands a quiet ridge overlooking the sprawling, verdant folds of the Cornish countryside. It lies 1.7 miles west-north-west of Helston (from Helston: bearing 300°T, OS grid SW 636 289), and is situated east-north-east of Breage village. The light here possesses a peculiar clarity, catching the granite tower of the parish church as the sun dips toward the Atlantic. Beneath the soil, the earth remembers a harder era of toil, evidenced by the skeletal remains of Ivey's Shaft Engine House, where the ghosts of the tin mines still haunt the gorse-lined lanes. Sithney remains defined by these weathered relics, standing as silent sentinels over fields that once fed a thriving industrial landscape. A short distance away, the Great Wheal Fortune Sssi protects the rugged, scrubby terrain that long ago bore the weight of heavy iron and human ambition. Today, the pace of life follows the slow turning of the seasons rather than the clatter of machinery, leaving the air undisturbed save for the cry of gulls carried on the salt-heavy breeze. This high ground offers a vantage point where the horizon feels vast and untethered, linking the internal strength of the land to the restless movement of the nearby coast.
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About This Sithney, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sithney, 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 Sithney includes coordinates 50.113328, -5.307587, 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 Sithney is available on the Sithney 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.