Anthorn, Cumbria Weather
About Anthorn, Cumbria
Anthorn commands a low, salt-bitten horizon where the sky meets the Solway Firth in an expansive, muted grey. It lies 6.0 miles east-north-east of Silloth (from Silloth: bearing 60°T, OS grid NY 194 582), and is situated north of Newton Arlosh village. The landscape here is defined by the Upper Solway Flats & Marshes SSSI, a vast, tidal expanse where the turning tide leaves behind a sheen of silver upon the mudflats. Anthorn rests upon a peninsula, shaped by the relentless, brine-heavy winds that scour the grass and flatten the rushes. To the south, Anthorn Marsh serves as a quiet sanctuary for migratory waders, their calls piercing the stillness of the flat, open geography. The Pow Sough flows with a sluggish, deliberate weight toward the sea, carving a vein through the salt-crusted fields that surround the houses. This remote geography is dominated by the tall, lattice-work masts of the radio station, which rise like skeletal sentinels above the tide-washed plains. Every evening, the light catches the metallic geometry of these structures, casting long, stark shadows across a terrain that prioritises the horizon over the hearth.
Flight conditions near Anthorn. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Anthorn and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Anthorn, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Anthorn, 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 Anthorn includes coordinates 54.912207, -3.257466, 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 Anthorn is available on the Anthorn 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.