Cardew, Cumbria Weather
About Cardew, Cumbria
Cardew emerges from the Cumbrian plains as a cluster of quiet stone and enduring agricultural purpose. It lies 5.3 miles east of Wigton (from Wigton: bearing 85°T, OS grid NY 339 490), and is situated south-east of Thursby village. Low, persistent light stretches across the fields here, illuminating the shallow basin where the land holds onto the dampness of the morning. To the south, the rhythmic flow of Chalk Beck carves a subtle boundary through the clay, providing a constant, low-frequency hum to the rural silence. Cardew maintains a character defined by the patient labour of its inhabitants, who have long tended the surrounding heavy soil. Ancient footprints linger in the earth nearby, where the remains of a settlement 500 yards south-east of Cardew Hill hint at a lineage of habitation stretching back centuries. This landscape does not shout its history but keeps it folded beneath the pasture, visible only in the sudden, slight irregularities of a field’s rise. Winter skies often sit heavy and grey against the horizon, pressing down upon the slate roofs until the chimneys begin to exhale thin ribbons of smoke. The rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of Cardew, ensuring that the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow rotation of crops and the changing hue of the northern grass.
Flight conditions near Cardew. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Cardew and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Cardew, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cardew, 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 Cardew includes coordinates 54.831842, -3.029788, 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 Cardew is available on the Cardew 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.