Talland reveals itself through the salt-crusted stones of its ancient church, which surveys the dark, restless waters of the English Channel with a silent, stoic gravity. It lies 1.9 miles south-west of Looe (from Looe: bearing 236°T, OS grid SX 229 516), and is situated east of Carey Park village. The coastal landscape drops sharply toward the sea, where the sheltered curve of Talland Sand offers a brief, sandy reprieve from the rugged cliffs that define this stretch of the Cornish coastline. A short distance away, the Talland Barton Farm Sssi preserves a fragile ecological history, maintaining its wild character amidst the encroaching agricultural fields. The light here possesses a peculiar, silvery quality, often refracting off the grey slate roofs and the damp, moss-covered walls of the older dwellings. Smugglers once favoured these hidden coves, their illicit activities leaving a lingering, phantom imprint upon the geography of the shoreline. Today, the rhythm of the tides dictates the pace of life, as the wind sweeps across the headlands with an unrelenting, bracing clarity. Talland maintains a quiet isolation, far removed from the clamour of modern industry, anchored only by the enduring presence of the sea and the sky.
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Live animated radar for Talland and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Talland, 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 Talland includes coordinates 50.338242, -4.488994, 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 Talland is available on the Talland 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.