Upton, Cornwall Weather
About Upton, Cornwall
Upton reveals itself as a modest collection of dwellings caught in the wide, exposed exhale of the Cornish moors. It lies 5.2 miles north-north-east of Liskeard (from Liskeard: bearing 18°T, OS grid SX 279 724), and is situated west-north-west of Upton Cross village. The light here possesses a singular, bruised clarity, often filtering through clouds to illuminate the granite skeletons of the surrounding landscape. To the south-west, the skeletal remains of the Whim Engine House stand as a silent sentinel, a stark reminder of the feverish industry that once drew life from the earth. The air around Upton carries the faint, metallic scent of iron and copper, lingering long after the mines themselves have surrendered to the encroaching gorse. A short walk to the east brings one to the Sterts Theatre, where the open-air stage offers a stark contrast to the heavy, industrial memory of the nearby excavations. This terrain is defined by the rough, unyielding spine of the countryside, where the wind scours the hillsides with a relentless, rhythmic persistence. Upton remains a place where the grandeur of history is not shouted, but whispered by the lichen-covered stones and the vast, shifting sky above.
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Live animated radar for Upton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Upton, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upton, 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 Upton includes coordinates 50.526434, -4.428746, 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 Upton is available on the Upton 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.