Allonby stretches its limestone and pebble bones along the Solway Firth, where the tide retreats to reveal vast, rippling expanses of wet sand. It lies 3.9 miles west of Aspatria (from Aspatria: bearing 278°T, OS grid NY 080 427), and is situated west-north-west of Hayton village. The cold, clear rush of Allonby Beck finds its way to the sea here, carving a modest path through the landscape before merging with the salt-heavy air. To the south, the archaeological silhouette of Low Mire, a Roman milefortlet, reminds the visitor that this coastline has long served as a threshold between empires. The light in Allonby possesses a sharp, northern clarity, illuminating the whitewashed facades that face the Irish Sea with a stoic, salt-crusted resilience. Beyond the immediate shore, the horizon often dissolves into a singular grey wash, blurring the distinction between the churning water and the bruised sky. Locals and travellers alike walk the shoreline, drawn by a landscape that prioritises the raw, elemental power of the wind over the manicured comforts of more sheltered regions. Allonby remains a place of wide-open horizons, defined as much by the restless motion of the tide as by the enduring, wind-swept quietude of the Cumbrian coast.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Allonby, Cumbria, 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 Allonby includes coordinates 54.770944, -3.430514, in the county of Cumbria, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Allonby is available on the Allonby map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cumbria 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.