Stepaside, Cornwall Weather
About Stepaside, Cornwall
Stepaside reveals itself as a quiet gathering of stone and slate amid the rolling, mineral-rich terrain of mid-Cornwall. It lies 4.6 miles west-north-west of St Austell (from St Austell: bearing 286°T, OS grid SW 943 547), and is situated north of St Stephen village. The landscape here carries the heavy, enduring memory of the china clay industry, where the earth has been shaped by centuries of extraction and toil. A short walk to the south-east leads to the Tregargus Quarries Sssi, where the jagged remnants of industrial endeavour now host a slow, green reclamation by ferns and moss. Nearby, the silent ruins of the Tregargus Stone Grinding Mill No 2 stand as a hollowed monument to the rhythmic clatter that once defined the valley’s purpose. Sunlight catches the mica-dusted tracks that vein the hillside, casting long, sharp shadows across the rugged topography as evening approaches. Stepaside maintains a stoic character, shaped not by grand architecture, but by the stubborn resilience of its granite foundations and the persistence of the wild gorse encroaching from the perimeter. The air here holds a distinct, metallic freshness, a testament to the deep, hidden reservoirs of the nearby Carpalla Mica Dam that shimmer like polished pewter in the distance.
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Live animated radar for Stepaside and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Stepaside, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stepaside, 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 Stepaside includes coordinates 50.356297, -4.892168, 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 Stepaside is available on the Stepaside 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.