Butterwick, Cumbria Weather
About Butterwick, Cumbria
Butterwick emerges from the Cumbrian landscape as a collection of stone dwellings gathered against the vast, shifting light of the fells. It lies 6.7 miles south of Penrith (from Penrith: bearing 181°T, OS grid NY 510 195), and is situated north-north-west of Bampton village. The high, bracing air of the Lake District National Park defines the horizon here, where the land holds a quiet, austere beauty. To the south-south-west, the Butterwick Meadows SSSI preserves a fragile, damp ecology that flourishes in the shadow of the rising hills. Nearby, the cold, clear pulse of Toddle Gutter carves its way through the earth, a constant companion to the rhythm of the seasons. Ancient stone remains, such as the round cairn overlooking the distant expanse of Rough Hill Tarn, testify to a long, silent human presence in this rugged terrain. Butterwick maintains a spare, honest character, where the architecture of the farmsteads mirrors the grey, uncompromising grit of the surrounding rock. Every wall and fence line in Butterwick serves as a testament to the persistent struggle to tame such wild, open ground.
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About This Butterwick, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Butterwick, 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 Butterwick includes coordinates 54.568407, -2.758119, 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 Butterwick is available on the Butterwick 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.