Broughton Mills reveals itself as a collection of slate-grey dwellings gathered where the valley floor narrows into the embrace of the fells. It lies 2.0 miles north-north-east of Broughton in Furness (from Broughton in Furness: bearing 16°T, OS grid SD 222 906). The landscape here is defined by the sharp, persistent clarity of the Lake District National Park, where the air tastes of wet stone and bracken. Nearby, the waters of Stickletongue Beck tumble with an urgent, rhythmic persistence toward the lower pastures. Broughton Mills occupies a hollow shaped by ancient watercourses, maintaining a quiet dignity that ignores the frantic pace of the modern world. The slopes of Great Stickle rise abruptly to the north-west, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields as the sun dips low. Time seems to gather in the quiet corners of the lane, held fast by the enduring weight of the surrounding crags. This quiet corner of Cumbria persists in a state of grace, where the light catches the moss on drystone walls with a startling, emerald brilliance.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Broughton Mills, 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 Mills includes coordinates 54.305476, -3.196171, 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 Mills is available on the Broughton Mills 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.