Gleaston, Cumbria Weather
About Gleaston, Cumbria
Gleaston emerges from the limestone-heavy folds of the Furness peninsula, a place where the low sun catches the damp stone of dry-stone walls. It lies 2.7 miles south-east of Dalton-in-Furness (from Dalton-in-Furness: bearing 136°T, OS grid SD 257 708), and is situated north-west of Newbiggin village. A quiet gravity hangs over the ruins of Gleaston Castle, where the shattered masonry of three great towers still keeps watch over the valley floor. The waters of Gleaston Beck navigate the surrounding fields with a persistent, silver clarity that defines the local drainage. Beyond the immediate pastures, the heavy, rounded silhouette of Beacon Hill rises against the sky, offering a vantage point over the shifting coastal light of the Irish Sea. Visitors often find the restored machinery of Gleaston Watermill humming with the remnants of an industry that once powered the daily lives of the local inhabitants. The air here holds a distinct salt-sharpness, tempered by the long, slow growth of hawthorn and ash that lines the lanes. Gleaston remains a place where the landscape dictates the pace of the day, indifferent to the encroaching bustle of the wider world.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Gleaston, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gleaston, 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 Gleaston includes coordinates 54.127791, -3.138112, 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 Gleaston is available on the Gleaston 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.