Harrington stretches along the salt-sprayed Cumbrian coastline, where the grey horizon often blurs into the restless currents of the Irish Sea. It lies 2.2 miles south-south-west of Workington (from Workington: bearing 196°T, OS grid NX 990 252), and is situated west-north-west of Grayson Green village. Heavy industrial echoes linger in the local topography, revealing a past defined by ironworks and the deep, rhythmic pulse of heavy coal extraction. To the west, the River Wyre flows toward the tide with a persistent, cold clarity that cuts through the industrial silence of the shoreline. Elevated above the tracks, the slopes of Copperas Hill catch the low, slanted light of the afternoon, casting long shadows over the iron-rich earth. Harrington retains a rugged, weathered character, its streets shaped by the endurance of those who once laboured against the unforgiving weight of the mines. Beyond the residential rows, the remnants of the Defended Enclosure At Salterbeck suggest a landscape occupied long before the chimneys rose to mark the skyline. The air here holds a sharp, metallic tang, a quiet reminder of a legacy that remains etched into the very bedrock of the coast.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harrington, 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 Harrington includes coordinates 54.612451, -3.564685, 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 Harrington is available on the Harrington 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.