Fothergill, Cumbria Weather
About Fothergill, Cumbria
Fothergill occupies a quiet stretch of the Cumbrian coastline where the land leans expectantly toward the Irish Sea. It lies 1.5 miles south-south-west of Maryport (from Maryport: bearing 198°T, OS grid NY 026 342), and is situated north-east of Flimby village. The light here possesses a singular, bruised clarity, reflecting off the salt-dampened stone of the low cottages that define the character of Fothergill. To the east, the shadowed contours of Dark Gill carve a brief, verdant incision into the fields, marking a path where water quietly gathers momentum. Further north, the earth holds the ghost of Roman vigilance, where the remains of Rise How Tower 25A stand as a silent witness to a frontier that once looked outward against the encroaching tide. The winds carry a persistent, bracing chill that seems to scour the landscape, leaving the grass short and the horizons sharp against the sky. Fothergill remains a place of austere transitions, caught between the rugged memory of its industrial past and the indifferent, rhythmic pulse of the coastal waters.
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About This Fothergill, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fothergill, 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 Fothergill includes coordinates 54.694011, -3.511204, 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 Fothergill is available on the Fothergill 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.