Colton, Cumbria Weather
About Colton, Cumbria
Colton holds its own against the gathering shadows of the Cumbrian hills, a quiet collection of stone and slate that has watched the seasons turn for centuries. It lies 5.1 miles north-north-east of Ulverston (from Ulverston: bearing 20°T, OS grid SD 316 859), and is situated west-north-west of Bouth village. The land here rises in slow, deliberate folds that trap the pale northern light, casting long shadows across the fields toward the winding path of Dick Beck. Ancient masonry defines the character of Colton, where the church of the Holy Trinity stands as a grey sentinel, its spire a slender needle stitching the earth to the shifting clouds above. To the west, the Crake Valley draws the eye downward, offering a corridor of mist and shadow that separates the higher ground from the lower, pastoral reaches. The air carries a crisp, mineral edge, sharpened by the proximity of the nearby hills and the damp, rhythmic breathing of the landscape. Farmers have long worked these slopes, their lives marked by the hard geometry of drystone walls that trace the contours of the terrain like scars on an old map. Even in the stillness of an afternoon, one can hear the faint, persistent rush of water, a reminder that the geography of Colton is defined as much by its hidden streams as by the solid, unyielding rock beneath the turf.
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About This Colton, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Colton, 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 Colton includes coordinates 54.264484, -3.05046, 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 Colton is available on the Colton 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.