Bothel marks a high point of Cumbrian life, where the horizon broadens toward the Solway Plain and the wind carries the clean, sharp scent of the northern fells. It lies 3.0 miles south-east of Aspatria (from Aspatria: bearing 126°T, OS grid NY 181 388), and is situated west-south-west of Torpenhow village. The light here has a crystalline clarity, falling across the stone houses and the nearby fields with a pale, unblinking intensity. Below the gentle rise of the ground, the waters of Bothel Beck flow with a quiet, persistent urgency, carving a silver thread through the pastures. To the south-west, the slopes of Wharrels Hill rise against the sky, offering a sturdy, earthen anchor to the surrounding expanse of farmland. These fields have been worked for generations, the soil yielding its harvest under the watchful gaze of the distant peaks. Bothel remains a place of stoic endurance, where the changing seasons dictate the colour of the landscape and the rhythm of the day.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bothel, 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 Bothel includes coordinates 54.738085, -3.272553, 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 Bothel is available on the Bothel 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.