Colthouse, Cumbria Weather
About Colthouse, Cumbria
Colthouse retains a quiet, stoic dignity, its stone walls mirroring the stubborn resilience of the Cumbrian fells. It lies 2.9 miles west-north-west of Bowness-on-Windermere (from Bowness-on-Windermere: bearing 286°T, OS grid SD 358 983), and is situated north-east of Hawkshead village. The hamlet resides entirely within the Lake District National Park, where the light often catches the grey slate with a pale, silvered intensity. To the south, the waters of Colthouse Pool gather in the shadows of the hills, marking a boundary where the earth seems to exhale in the cool, damp air. A short distance further, the quiet expanse of Priest Pot holds the stillness of the landscape, undisturbed by the modern world. Life in Colthouse reflects a long history of Quaker influence, evidenced by the austere, enduring Meeting House that has stood here since the late seventeenth century. Beyond the dwellings, the land rises and falls with a deliberate grace, leading the eye toward the distant, rugged silhouettes of the higher peaks. Time here is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, seasonal transition of the surrounding greens and the deepening of the shadows across the valley floor.
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About This Colthouse, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Colthouse, 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 Colthouse includes coordinates 54.376434, -2.988734, 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 Colthouse is available on the Colthouse 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.