St John breathes a quiet, salt-tinged air that clings to the limestone walls of its oldest cottages. It lies 2.2 miles west-south-west of Torpoint (from Torpoint: bearing 241°T, OS grid SX 407 536), and is situated south-east of Antony village. The landscape here is defined by the soft, rhythmic pull of the tides, which draw the eye toward the shimmering expanse of St. John's Lake SSSIs nearby. To the south, the slopes of Mendennick Hill rise with a stubborn, verdant permanence, casting long shadows across the fields as the afternoon light begins to thin. St John maintains a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic pace of the nearby naval ports, preferring the slow pulse of the seasons. Small streams, including the persistent flow of St John's Leat, trace silver lines through the dark, damp earth of the lower valley. Time here does not march forward with urgency but lingers in the damp corners of the churchyard and the persistent greenery of the hedge-lined lanes. The architecture remains humble and utilitarian, built from local stone that seems to absorb the grey, Atlantic-bound clouds before releasing them as a fine, cooling mist.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St John, 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 John includes coordinates 50.361346, -4.240228, 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 John is available on the St John 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.