Dent, Cumbria Weather
About Dent, Cumbria
Dent reveals a tapestry of narrow, cobbled lanes and lime-washed cottages that seem to hold the quiet, enduring light of the high fells. It lies 4.4 miles south-east of Sedbergh (from Sedbergh: bearing 137°T, OS grid SD 705 869), and is situated west of Cowgill village. The surrounding landscape of Dent falls within the expansive, windswept reach of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, where the limestone pavement creates silver veins across the hillsides. Nearby, the clear, rushing waters of Seeds Gill carve their way through the ancient rock, offering a constant, rhythmic pulse to the silence of the valley. Visitors often walk to the Dent Village Heritage Centre & Museum to trace the legacy of the hand-knitting industry that once sustained every household here. The air carries a sharp, clean clarity that sharpens the edges of the drystone walls, which march up the slopes like grey, unmoving rivers. Dent remains a place where the geology feels heavy and ancient beneath one’s boots, grounding the spirit in the physical reality of the earth. From the high ridges, the valley of Dentdale opens like a vast, green palm, sheltering the rooftops from the biting northern winds.
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Live animated radar for Dent and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Dent, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dent, 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 Dent includes coordinates 54.27731, -2.454132, 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 Dent is available on the Dent 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.