Bassenthwaite, Cumbria Weather
About Bassenthwaite, Cumbria
Bassenthwaite holds the quiet weight of ancient Cumbrian earth, where stone walls trace the long memory of the fells. It lies 5.7 miles north-north-west of Keswick (from Keswick: bearing 337°T, OS grid NY 230 320), and is situated south-south-west of Uldale village. Protected within the expansive reach of Lake District National Park, the landscape here breathes with a singular, unforced clarity. To the south, the waters of Collier Sike slip through the pasture, mirroring a sky that often hangs heavy and silver above the ridgelines. The land rises firmly toward the crags of Watches, where the light shifts across the slopes with a sudden, restless intensity. Life in Bassenthwaite remains tethered to these rhythmic seasonal turns, away from the clamour of the busier tourist thoroughfares. The air carries a crisp, mineral sharpness, a reminder of the proximity to the high, rugged spine of the north. Bassenthwaite remains a place of enduring composure, defined by the steady, unyielding presence of the hills that guard its borders.
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About This Bassenthwaite, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bassenthwaite, 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 Bassenthwaite includes coordinates 54.677993, -3.195157, 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 Bassenthwaite is available on the Bassenthwaite 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.