Cartmel, Cumbria Weather
About Cartmel, Cumbria
Cartmel reveals its medieval heart through a collection of honey-coloured stone buildings that gather around a tranquil square. It lies 1.7 miles west-north-west of Grange-over-Sands (from Grange-over-Sands: bearing 286°T, OS grid SD 379 786), and is situated north-north-west of Allithwaite village. The Cartmel Augustinian Priory Medieval Gatehouse stands as a weathered sentinel, its heavy stone arches offering a quiet stillness that seems to slow the passage of time. Nearby, the water of Middlefield Beck slips through the landscape, a thin, silver thread that sustains the lush greenery of the surrounding valley. Visitors often gravitate toward the historic priory, where the massive, cruciform structure commands the skyline with an architectural gravity that defies the centuries. The River Eea meanders through the outskirts, its currents carrying the crisp, sharp scent of damp earth and limestone. Local life here maintains a measured pace, defined by the seasonal rhythms of the racecourse and the enduring presence of artisanal food production. Cartmel remains a place where the weight of history rests lightly upon the shoulders of the present, visible in every uneven paving stone and moss-softened wall.
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About This Cartmel, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cartmel, 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 Cartmel includes coordinates 54.199976, -2.952354, 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 Cartmel is available on the Cartmel 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.