Boulby commands a precipitous edge where the North Sea meets the rugged horizon of the Cleveland coast. It lies 2.4 miles east of Loftus (from Loftus: bearing 81°T, OS grid NZ 760 188), and is situated east-north-east of Easington village. The land here feels stripped back to its geological bones, marked by the industrial legacy of the Boulby Alum Quarries and Works that once scarred the cliffs with purposeful activity. A short distance away, the concrete curve of the World War I Early Warning Acoustic Mirror silently watches the sky, a relic of a time when the horizon held a different kind of anxiety. Below these heights, the tide pulls rhythmically against the Long Sand, leaving behind a shoreline of smoothed stone and salt-crusted debris. The light in Boulby possesses a singular, piercing clarity, often sharpening the shadows cast by the high, crumbling embankments. Far from the softening influence of inland woods, the wind here carries the salt-heavy weight of the open water. Life in Boulby remains defined by this stark proximity to the cliff-top, where the earth gives way to the deep, restless grey of the sea.
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Live animated radar for Boulby and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Boulby, Cleveland, 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. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Boulby includes coordinates 54.559009, -0.825317, in the county of Cleveland, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Boulby is available on the Boulby map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cleveland 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.