Clawthorpe manifests as a quiet collection of limestone dwellings where the horizon shifts against the pale, fractured light of the Cumbrian sky. It lies 4.7 miles north-north-east of Carnforth (from Carnforth: bearing 24°T, OS grid SD 531 775), and is situated north of Burton-in-Kendal village. Low-slung stone walls trace the boundaries of fields that have long surrendered their secrets to the persistent, damp wind. To the north-northeast, the twelve hectares of Clawthorpe Fell rise in a rough, scrubby expanse that defies the neat geometry of modern agriculture. The land here holds a certain austerity, a muted grey quality that seems to absorb the passage of the seasons without complaint. A short walk to the northwest brings one to the still surface of Mill Pond, where the water mirrors nothing but the grey clouds and the stark silhouettes of winter trees. Clawthorpe endures as a place of deliberate silence, where the hum of the nearby motorway is merely a distant, rhythmic pulse against the permanence of the earth.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clawthorpe, 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 Clawthorpe includes coordinates 54.191374, -2.71943, 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 Clawthorpe is available on the Clawthorpe 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.