Crosby gathers the soft, grey light of the Solway Plain, where the horizon stretches wide and indifferent to the passage of men. It lies 2.6 miles east-north-east of Maryport (from Maryport: bearing 62°T, OS grid NY 071 383), and is situated south-south-east of Crosscanonby village. The earth here holds the weight of centuries, particularly where the Scheduled Monument marking the ancient settlement near Canonby Hall remains as a quiet, earthen witness to those who once walked these fields. A short walk to the east, The Green offers a patch of maintained grass that acts as a social anchor for the houses clustered nearby. The landscape carries the faint, industrial echoes of the past, visible in the weathered rise of the Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip that looms like a forgotten sentinel over the southern pastures. Rose Gill traces a thin, silver line through the surrounding topography, carving a path toward the sea that keeps the air perpetually crisp and salt-tinged. Crosby remains defined by this balance of pastoral calm and the lingering shadows of coal-hewn industry. The sky above Crosby feels expansive and low, granting the buildings a humble, grounded presence against the vastness of the Cumbrian weather.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crosby, 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 Crosby includes coordinates 54.73156, -3.442699, 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 Crosby is available on the Crosby 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.