Corntown reveals itself as a quiet cluster of stone and slate where the South Hams landscape begins to yield to the rugged influence of the nearby moor. It lies 2.6 miles north-west of Ivybridge (from Ivybridge: bearing 306°T, OS grid SX 603 587), and is situated south of Cornwood village. The morning light here often catches the damp moss on drystone walls, turning ordinary granite into something luminous and ancient. A short walk to the east, the River Yealm carves a persistent, silver path through the terrain, its low murmur providing a constant accompaniment to the stillness of the fields. To the south, the slopes of The Hill rise decisively against the horizon, grounding the hamlet in a topography that feels both permanent and indifferent to human passage. Corntown maintains a character defined by this proximity to wilder, uncultivated spaces, where the wind carries the scent of rain-soaked gorse and peat. Residents move with a measured pace that respects the heavy, dark loam of the local soil, a substance that has dictated the rhythm of labour here for generations. The architecture remains modest, favouring utility over ornament, as if the buildings themselves wish to remain as unobtrusive as the hedgerows that define the lanes. Through the changing seasons, the life of Corntown persists in this narrow, green interval between the high moorland and the sea.
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Live animated radar for Corntown and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Corntown, Devon, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Corntown includes coordinates 50.412216, -3.96641, in the county of Devon, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Corntown is available on the Corntown map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Devon 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.