St Merryn, Cornwall Weather
About St Merryn, Cornwall
St Merryn commands a stoic presence upon the windswept Cornish plateau, where the salt-laden air carries the constant, low-frequency hum of the Atlantic. It lies 2.5 miles west-south-west of Padstow (from Padstow: bearing 244°T, OS grid SW 880 738), and is situated south-south-east of Harlyn village. The horizon here is wide and indifferent, dominated by a sky that shifts from bruised violet to pale porcelain with a rapidity that keeps the surrounding farmland in a state of perpetual transformation. Ancient granite markers, such as the Cross Base located thirty metres south of the church, anchor the identity of St Merryn to a long-forgotten ecclesiastical past. Beyond the churchyard, the earth slopes gently towards the coast, revealing the prehistoric inhumation cemetery at Harlyn where the soil holds the silence of millennia. The rhythm of life in St Merryn is dictated by the encroaching tides and the seasonal migration of those drawn to the nearby surf. During the height of summer, the light clarifies, catching the mica in the stone walls and turning the local lanes into narrow veins of shimmering grey. Life continues here with a quiet, functional grace, far removed from the ornamental posturing of more sheltered inland parishes.
Flight conditions near St Merryn. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for St Merryn and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This St Merryn, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Merryn, 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 Merryn includes coordinates 50.525901, -4.991107, 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 Merryn is available on the St Merryn 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.