Flakebridge, Cumbria Weather
About Flakebridge, Cumbria
Flakebridge occupies a quiet fold of the Cumbrian landscape, where the earth rises in soft, deliberate swells toward the Pennines. It lies 1.6 miles north-east of Appleby-in-Westmorland (from Appleby-in-Westmorland: bearing 50°T, OS grid NY 703 220), and is situated west of Murton village. The silver thread of Murton Beck draws a boundary to the west, its waters cutting through the limestone with a persistent, cold clarity. Above the fields, the slopes of Black Hill catch the fleeting amber light of late afternoon, casting long shadows that stretch across the pasture. To the north, the dense canopy of Flakebridge Wood offers a dark, rustling counterpoint to the open grazing land. The air here holds the sharp, clean scent of damp moss and high-altitude stone, untainted by the reach of busier horizons. Flakebridge remains a place of singular perspective, where the sky seems to press closer to the ground, grounding the spirit in the rhythm of the changing seasons.
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Live animated radar for Flakebridge and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Flakebridge, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Flakebridge, 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 Flakebridge includes coordinates 54.592903, -2.460517, 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 Flakebridge is available on the Flakebridge 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.