Stratton, Cornwall Weather
About Stratton, Cornwall
Golden light slants across the granite facades of Stratton, illuminating the ancient stones that have weathered centuries of Atlantic gales. It lies 1.4 miles east of Bude (from Bude: bearing 92°T, OS grid SS 230 064), and is situated south-east of Poughill village. The landscape bears the heavy memory of the 1643 Battle of Stratton, where Royalist forces turned the tide of conflict upon the slopes near the registered battlefield site. Today, the local economy draws its quiet strength from agriculture and the steady rhythm of small-scale trade that sustains its modest prosperity. Diddies Stream cuts a silver thread through the valley floor, nourishing the fields that once fed the bustling markets of old.
St. Andrew’s Church commands the horizon with a sturdy, weather-beaten grace, its tower acting as a silent sentinel over the winding streets. The air here carries a salt-tide sharpness, reminding one of the proximity to the coast while the surrounding hills offer a sheltered sanctuary from the sea’s raw power. Sir Bevil Grenville remains the most resonant figure of local legend, his name lingering in the collective consciousness like a half-remembered song from the Civil War. Visitors often wander toward the edges of the parish to trace the earthworks of East Leigh Berrys, where the ghosts of a medieval motte and bailey fort rest beneath a cloak of wild gorse. Stratton preserves a singular, unyielding character, resisting the erosion of modernity by holding fast to the stubborn independence of the Cornish soil.
Flight conditions near Stratton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Stratton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Stratton, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stratton, 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 Stratton includes coordinates 50.830519, -4.513409, 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 Stratton is available on the Stratton 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.