Broughton Beck, Cumbria Weather
About Broughton Beck, Cumbria
Broughton Beck gathers its stone houses where the low hills of the Furness peninsula soften into quiet, green pastures. It lies 2.5 miles north of Ulverston (from Ulverston: bearing 355°T, OS grid SD 285 823), and is situated west-south-west of Penny Bridge village. The landscape here holds a stillness, punctuated only by the patient, clear waters of Moor House Beck as it carves a shallow path through the western meadows. To the east, the rising slopes of Bencragg Hill catch the long, pale light of the Cumbrian afternoon, casting shadows that stretch toward the older, slate-roofed dwellings. Broughton Beck preserves an air of persistent industry, recalling a time when the water-powered mills drew sustenance from the local streams to drive the machinery of the valley. The air carries a sharpness that speaks of the nearby peaks, yet the land itself remains sheltered and intimate. Winter evenings here are defined by the smoke rising from hearths, blending into the heavy, damp mist that rolls down from the higher ground. Broughton Beck remains a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, observed through the turning of the hedgerows and the quiet persistence of the beck’s steady flow.
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About This Broughton Beck, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Broughton Beck, 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 Broughton Beck includes coordinates 54.232116, -3.098147, 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 Broughton Beck is available on the Broughton Beck 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.