Townshend, Cornwall Weather
About Townshend, Cornwall
Townshend emerges from the quiet, rolling contours of West Cornwall where the air carries a persistent, saline clarity. It lies 3.4 miles south-east of Hayle (from Hayle: bearing 140°T, OS grid SW 592 328), and is situated north-west of Godolphin Cross village. The landscape surrounding Townshend bears the deep, scarred signatures of a rich mining heritage, forming part of the Cornwall And West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site. Just a short distance away, the venerable stones of Godolphin House hold a heavy, enduring stillness that contrasts with the bustling winds sweeping across the nearby fields. Golden light often catches the rugged, uneven textures of the granite remnants left by those who laboured in the earth centuries ago. This terrain possesses a stark, unadorned beauty, defined by the sharp lines of old hedgerows and the relentless reach of the Atlantic sky. Townshend remains a place of subtle shifts, where the history of the soil is etched into the very pace of the passing seasons.
Flight conditions near Townshend. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Townshend and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Townshend, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Townshend, 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 Townshend includes coordinates 50.146632, -5.371626, 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 Townshend is available on the Townshend 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.