Great Clifton, Cumbria Weather
About Great Clifton, Cumbria
Great Clifton maintains a quiet, enduring presence upon the Cumbrian landscape, where the shifting light of the North West reflects off the slate and brickwork of its modest dwellings. It lies 2.5 miles east-north-east of Workington (from Workington: bearing 74°T, OS grid NY 040 297), and is situated south-south-east of Camerton village. The earth here holds the memory of deep-seam coal mining, an industry that once defined the horizon before the pits gave way to the slow reclamation of the surrounding fields. To the west, the gentle rise of Church Hill catches the morning sun, casting long shadows that reach toward the gardens of Great Clifton. Northward, the waters of Israel Gill trace a winding path through the heavy soil, carving their way toward the sea with a steady, liquid persistence. The air retains a sharp, clean clarity that speaks of the proximity to the coast, unburdened by the industrial clamour of previous centuries. Walking the lanes, one observes how the brick walls absorb the moisture of the damp air, darkening to a rich, earthy hue that grounds the houses to the land. Great Clifton remains a place where the rhythms of the seasons dictate the pace of life, moving in harmony with the quiet flow of the nearby gills.
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Live animated radar for Great Clifton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Great Clifton, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Clifton, 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 Great Clifton includes coordinates 54.653263, -3.488533, 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 Great Clifton is available on the Great Clifton 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.