Broad Oak, Cumbria Weather
About Broad Oak, Cumbria
Broad Oak commands a quiet corner of the Cumbrian landscape, where the horizon meets the rugged promise of the western fells. It lies 7.5 miles north-west of Broughton in Furness (from Broughton in Furness: bearing 304°T, OS grid SD 114 944), and is situated north-east of Waberthwaite village. The geology here asserts itself with silent authority, most notably at the Waberthwaite Quarry SSSI, where the exposed stone tells of a deep, ancient pressure beneath the thin soil. Water defines the character of the land, as the gentle, persistent movement of Mill Gill creates a silver thread in the valley’s verdant floor. Broad Oak remains a place of sparse lines and open skies, far removed from the clutter of modern commerce. Residents observe the shifting light as it travels across the marshy margins, turning the grass to a pale, brittle gold in the waning afternoon. A profound stillness holds the air, broken only by the thin, sharp call of birds circling the higher ground toward the prehistoric cairnfield. This is a landscape that demands little and offers a vast, unadorned peace to those who walk its edges.
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Live animated radar for Broad Oak and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Broad Oak, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Broad Oak, 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 Broad Oak includes coordinates 54.338321, -3.363628, 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 Broad Oak is available on the Broad Oak 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.