Wainhouse Corner holds the high, windswept ground of North Cornwall where the Atlantic air carries the sharp, salt-crusted tang of the nearby cliffs. It lies 7.1 miles south of Bude (from Bude: bearing 191°T, OS grid SX 182 954), and is situated west-south-west of Jacobstow village. Morning light here possesses a peculiar, thin clarity, illuminating the ancient, stoic rise of The Beacon that watches over the fields with a silent, prehistoric weight. Beyond the roadside hedges, the land drops away toward the coast, shaped by the persistent, invisible hands of the sea winds. Travellers passing through Wainhouse Corner might glimpse the shadowed, grassy mounds of the nearby bowl barrows, which anchor the horizon in a stillness that predates the modern road. Treworgie Copse offers a momentary sanctuary of dense, tangled timber, providing a stark contrast to the open, exposed pastures that define the broader parish. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the movement of goods along the arterial route that bisects the landscape. Here, the sky asserts a vast and domineering presence, dwarfing the stone walls and the modest architecture of the crossing.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wainhouse Corner, 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 Wainhouse Corner includes coordinates 50.729968, -4.576979, 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 Wainhouse Corner is available on the Wainhouse Corner 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.