Canal Foot, Cumbria Weather
About Canal Foot, Cumbria
Canal Foot marks the terminal point where the industrial ambition of the Ulverston Canal meets the shifting, tidal margins of the Leven Estuary. It lies 1.6 miles east-south-east of Ulverston (from Ulverston: bearing 104°T, OS grid SD 312 776). The horizon here is dominated by the salt-washed expanse of Hammerside Point, where the land dissolves into a mosaic of silt and brine under an immense, unblinking sky. Beyond the concrete embankments, the waters of the Back Drain seek their slow path toward the sea, carving thin, silver veins through the mudflats. Canal Foot retains the quiet gravity of a place once vital to the movement of ore and coal, its stone walls now weathered to the colour of oyster shells. The light that reflects off the estuary possesses a peculiar, pearlescent quality, softening the sharp edges of the remaining maritime architecture. Visitors walking the path toward the water find the air carries a sharp, saline tang, entirely distinct from the inland pastures. Canal Foot endures as a silent witness to the ebb and flow of tides that have long outlasted the heavy machinery of its former trade.
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Live animated radar for Canal Foot and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Canal Foot, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Canal Foot, 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 Canal Foot includes coordinates 54.189851, -3.054405, 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 Canal Foot is available on the Canal Foot 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.