Great Urswick, Cumbria Weather
About Great Urswick, Cumbria
Limestone outcrops and ancient glacial debris shape the rugged character of Great Urswick. It lies 2.5 miles south-south-west of Ulverston (from Ulverston: bearing 207°T, OS grid SD 268 746), and is situated north-north-east of Little Urswick village. Urswick Tarn sits a mere stone's throw to the south-east, its dark, reflective waters gathering the grey light of Cumbrian afternoons like a polished mirror. Beyond the houses, the earth holds secrets of earlier inhabitants, most notably at the palisaded hilltop enclosure at Skelmore Heads, where the wind still whistles through the remains of a prehistoric defensive perimeter. Great Urswick maintains a quiet composure, defined by the enduring grey stone of its cottages and the persistent moisture of the limestone soil. The landscape here does not offer easy vistas but rewards the observer with the stark, skeletal beauty of crags and the sudden, sharp clarity of a winter sun. Life moves with the deliberate pace of a place that has long watched the seasons cycle over the surrounding hills. This corner of the Furness peninsula remains a testament to the stubborn persistence of stone and water in the North West.
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About This Great Urswick, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Urswick, 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 Urswick includes coordinates 54.162694, -3.121533, 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 Urswick is available on the Great Urswick 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.