Elterwater, Cumbria Weather
About Elterwater, Cumbria
Elterwater greets the morning light with a quiet clarity that seems to sharpen the very edges of the surrounding fells. It lies 3.0 miles west of Ambleside (from Ambleside: bearing 271°T, OS grid NY 327 047), and is situated south-east of Chapel Stile village. This collection of whitewashed stone cottages rests within the protected embrace of the Lake District National Park, where the horizon is defined by the rugged, lingering memory of industrial slate extraction. High above the rooftops, the Elterwater Slate Quarry Viewpoint offers a vantage point where the earth’s grey bones are exposed against a sky of sudden, shifting blues. To the north-east, the low-lying fields of Walthwaite Bottom collect the mountain mist, holding it until the sun finally climbs high enough to dissolve the vapour. The air here carries a distinctive, sharp crispness, a quality that clings to the limestone walls and the quiet, moss-damp lanes. Elterwater draws its character from the interplay between the silent, ancient stone and the restless, rushing waters of the nearby gills. It is a place where the landscape refuses to be tamed, remaining stubbornly indifferent to the passing of the seasons.
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Live animated radar for Elterwater and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Elterwater, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elterwater, 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 Elterwater includes coordinates 54.433619, -3.038288, 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 Elterwater is available on the Elterwater 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.