Carleton, Cumbria Weather
About Carleton, Cumbria
Carleton remains a quiet witness to the shifting contours of the West Cumbrian landscape. It lies 0.8 miles south-east of Egremont (from Egremont: bearing 145°T, OS grid NY 017 094), and is situated north-east of Thornhill village. The low sun casts long, sharp shadows over the fields, revealing a terrain that holds the memory of deep industrial exertion within its soil. To the north-east, the Florence Mine SSSI serves as a silent reminder of the iron ore extraction that once defined the economic pulse of these surroundings. Beyond the immediate boundaries, the jagged silhouette of the ruins of Egremont Castle commands the horizon, anchoring Carleton to a much older, more turbulent chronology. The air here carries a distinct crispness, often catching the salt-tinged breeze that rolls in from the Irish Sea across the nearby coastal plains. Every hedgerow and stone boundary wall in Carleton serves to define a geography that feels both weathered and enduring. This corner of the county persists with a steady, unadorned character, indifferent to the rapid pace of the modern world.
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Live animated radar for Carleton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Carleton, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carleton, 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 Carleton includes coordinates 54.470953, -3.516811, 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 Carleton is available on the Carleton 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.