St Agnes commands a rugged stretch of the north Cornish coastline where the Atlantic wind perpetually scours the earth of its secrets. It lies 5.5 miles north of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 10°T, OS grid SW 720 507), and is situated west-south-west of Trevellas village. The sharp, salt-crusted light here reveals the remnants of a feverish industrial past, where the ruined engine houses of the tin trade stand like hollowed sentinels against the horizon. Below the cliffs, the valley of Trevaunance Coombe channels the runoff of the moors toward the sea, carrying with it the quiet memory of ancient waterwheels and heavy ore. St Agnes maintains a stoic character, its houses gathered as if bracing against the gale that sweeps across the summit of St Agnes Beacon. The earth around these slopes is stained with the ochre of mineral wealth, a landscape defined by the deep scars of mines rather than the soft touch of cultivation. Visitors walking the coastal paths often find the air thick with the scent of gorse and the low, percussive thrum of the surf striking the rocks. It is a place where the grandeur of the ocean demands a certain humility from the stone cottages huddled upon the hillside.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Agnes, 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 St Agnes includes coordinates 50.312559, -5.203525, 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 St Agnes is available on the St Agnes 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.