Barrow Island, Cumbria Weather
About Barrow Island, Cumbria
Barrow Island rises as a robust testament to the iron and steel ambitions of the Victorian era, defined by its rigid, grid-patterned streets of red-brick tenements that once housed the workforce of a global shipbuilding powerhouse. It lies 0.6 miles south of Barrow-in-Furness (from Barrow-in-Furness: bearing 184°T, OS grid SD 197 681). Salt-heavy winds sweep across the channel, scouring the stone facades and lending a sharp, metallic clarity to the afternoon light. To the west, the quiet, marshy expanse of Chapel Bed draws the eye toward the horizon, offering a stark contrast to the heavy industrial legacy that still hums in the nearby docks. Barrow Island maintains a singular character, where the echoes of maritime toil are softened only by the vast, open skies that stretch toward the Irish Sea. Pedestrians traversing the streets might catch a glimpse of the Henry Schneider Statue standing watch over the transition between the modern shipyard and the older, weathered residential blocks. The architecture here possesses a stubborn, functional beauty, built to endure the relentless battering of the Cumbrian elements. Every corner of Barrow Island reveals the interplay between the hard, unyielding docks and the soft, encroaching tides of the surrounding coast.
Flight conditions near Barrow Island. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Barrow Island and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Barrow Island, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Barrow Island, 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 Barrow Island includes coordinates 54.10332, -3.228242, 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 Barrow Island is available on the Barrow Island 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.