Ghyll Head, Cumbria Weather
About Ghyll Head, Cumbria
Ghyll Head emerges from the Cumbrian landscape as a collection of stone and shadow, defined by the quiet authority of the surrounding fells. It lies 2.7 miles south-south-west of Bowness-on-Windermere (from Bowness-on-Windermere: bearing 193°T, OS grid SD 392 927), and is situated south of Storrs village. This place rests entirely within the Lake District National Park, where the air holds the damp, cool clarity of the high country. To the east, the rising slopes of Ghyll Head offer a vantage point over the shifting slate-grey skies that frequently drift across the valley. Nearby, Ghyll Head Beck carves a restless path through the earth, its water catching the pale, refracted light that defines these northern afternoons. The terrain rises further toward Rowan Tree Hill, where the land seems to hold its breath in the stillness of the moorland. Ancient stone walls trace the contours of the fields, binding the geography together in a web of weathered granite and moss. Ghyll Head remains a sanctuary of silence, far removed from the bustle of the larger lakeside ports.
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About This Ghyll Head, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ghyll Head, 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 Ghyll Head includes coordinates 54.327, -2.934944, 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 Ghyll Head is available on the Ghyll Head 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.