Cardurnock, Cumbria Weather
About Cardurnock, Cumbria
Cardurnock commands a lonely, salt-scrubbed peninsula where the Solway Firth pulls at the horizon with rhythmic persistence. It lies 5.1 miles north-east of Silloth (from Silloth: bearing 49°T, OS grid NY 172 588), and is situated west-north-west of Anthorn village. Ancient earthworks mark the ground here, as the Cardurnock (Tower 4B) and earlier ditch system serve as a silent, grassy reminder of the Roman frontier that once braced against the northern tides. Beyond these relics, the land dissolves into the vast, shifting expanse of Anthorn and Cardurnock Marsh, where the light turns a bruised silver as the tide retreats. The wind carries a sharp, metallic tang of brine and wet silt across the flat pastures, scouring the low stone walls that hem in the fields. Cattle graze with a stoic indifference to the gales that sweep across the Cardurnock Milefortlet, their breath visible in the cooling air of late afternoon. Deep channels like the Pow Drain slice through the saltings, reflecting a sky that seems far larger and more temperamental than any found inland. This remains a place of edges, where the firm earth of the Solway Plain finally surrenders to the restless, grey uncertainty of the sea.
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About This Cardurnock, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cardurnock, 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 Cardurnock includes coordinates 54.917349, -3.292387, 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 Cardurnock is available on the Cardurnock 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.