Towan Cross, Cornwall Weather
About Towan Cross, Cornwall
Towan Cross emerges from the Cornish landscape as a modest collection of dwellings shaped by the wind and the salt-heavy air of the Atlantic. It lies 3.9 miles north of Redruth (from Redruth: bearing 3°T, OS grid SW 707 483), and is situated north-west of Mount Hawke village. The horizon here is dominated by the silhouette of St Agnes Beacon, a landmark that draws the eye upward toward the wide, indifferent sky. Below this elevation, the land dips into the verdant folds of Chapel Coombe, where the valley holds a quiet, damp stillness in contrast to the exposed ridges. Ancient earthworks like the Bolster Bank trace the contours of the nearby hills, reminding observers of a time when the topography was marked by defensive toil rather than modern lanes. The light at Towan Cross possesses a peculiar, translucent quality, catching the granite walls of the houses and casting long, sharp shadows across the road as the sun descends toward the sea. Industry once pulsed beneath the surface of this soil, leaving behind echoes of mining heritage that now quietly surrender to the encroaching gorse and heather. Every breeze carries a faint, rhythmic reminder of the distant coastline, grounding the geography of Towan Cross in the harsh, beautiful reality of the South West.
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About This Towan Cross, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Towan Cross, 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 Towan Cross includes coordinates 50.290853, -5.219758, 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 Towan Cross is available on the Towan Cross 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.