Blagill, Cumbria Weather
About Blagill, Cumbria
Blagill clings to the rugged, high-altitude folds of the North Pennines, where the wind carries the sharp, metallic tang of an industrial past. It lies 1.5 miles east-north-east of Alston (from Alston: bearing 69°T, OS grid NY 739 473). Stone cottages, built from the very grit of the surrounding hills, watch over pastures that slope toward the restless, shallow waters of the Blagill Burn. Beneath the thin soil, the earth remains scarred by the deep, silent shafts of the Blagill Mine SSSI, a site that holds the quiet minerals of a bygone lead-mining era. The light here shifts with a sudden, restless intensity, casting long, bruised shadows across the slopes as clouds race over the high ridges. Where the River Nent carves its way through the limestone bedrock nearby, the water hums a low, persistent tune against the riverbanks. Blagill exists in a state of watchful solitude, defined by the stark limestone walls that partition the steep, unyielding fields. This high country demands a certain hardiness from all who inhabit it, leaving the land to breathe with a cold, clear, and ancient clarity.
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About This Blagill, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blagill, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Blagill includes coordinates 54.820034, -2.407306, 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 Blagill is available on the Blagill 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.