Egremont, Cumbria Weather
About Egremont, Cumbria
Red sandstone ruins crown the low ridge where Egremont commands the passage toward the Irish Sea, a site shaped by the iron-rich veins that long fed its heavy industrial pulse. It lies 2.9 miles south of Cleator Moor (from Cleator Moor: bearing 189°T, OS grid NY 010 105), and is situated north of Thornhill village. The earth here holds the deep, rusted memory of hematite mining, a trade that once drew men into the dark, productive silence beneath the surface. Today, the landscape is defined by the stark, weathered stone of Egremont Castle, which stands as a quiet sentinel overlooking the valley’s cooling hearths.
Ancient traditions persist in the autumn light, most notably the Crab Fair, a boisterous gathering that has tested the grit of local contestants for centuries. This peculiar celebration transforms the main thoroughfare into a stage for gurning, a spectacle that defies the gravity of the modern age with its raw, unflinching humour. Beyond the festivities, the nearby Clints Quarry offers a jagged, limestone contrast to the softer, rolling hills that define the wider Cumbrian horizon. Egremont carries its singular identity with a stubborn grace, indifferent to the passing of easier, more polished fashions.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Egremont, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Egremont, 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 Egremont includes coordinates 54.481022, -3.528745, 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 Egremont is available on the Egremont 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.