Clappersgate, Cumbria Weather
About Clappersgate, Cumbria
Clappersgate displays a quiet dignity, its stone dwellings enduring beneath the watchful, craggy heights of the fells. It lies 1.0 miles south-west of Ambleside (from Ambleside: bearing 221°T, OS grid NY 365 033). Within the protective embrace of the Lake District National Park, the houses here are crafted from the dark, local slate that seems to absorb the soft Cumbrian light. The River Brathay flows past the threshold of Clappersgate with a rhythmic persistence, its waters reflecting a sky that shifts rapidly between bruised grey and brilliant, sudden clarity. To the north-west, the imposing mass of Todd Crag commands the horizon, casting long, deliberate shadows that reach toward the gardens in the late afternoon. The air here holds a crisp, bracing quality, sharpened by the proximity of the high ground and the damp breath of the nearby fells. Residents of Clappersgate have long observed the seasonal retreat of the mist, which clings to the valley floor before lifting to reveal the stark, honest geometry of the surrounding landscape. Such surroundings demand a certain stoicism, rewarding those who dwell here with an intimacy between the hearth and the wild, untamed expanse of the hills.
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About This Clappersgate, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clappersgate, 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 Clappersgate includes coordinates 54.42138, -2.979998, 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 Clappersgate is available on the Clappersgate 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.