Hawkshead Hill, Cumbria Weather
About Hawkshead Hill, Cumbria
Hawkshead Hill occupies a high, windswept ridge where the Cumbrian light catches the grey slate of ancient drystone walls. It lies 4.3 miles south-west of Ambleside (from Ambleside: bearing 215°T, OS grid SD 336 989), and is situated north-west of Hawkshead village. This elevated terrain falls within the protected expanse of the Lake District National Park, commanding vistas that stretch toward the jagged horizon. To the west, the dark waters of Wharton Tarn mirror the shifting clouds, while the slopes of Hill Fell rise sharply to break the sky. The landscape around Hawkshead Hill remains defined by the rhythmic geometry of sheep-grazed pastures and the sudden, hidden rush of Parks Gill cutting through the rock. Travelers moving toward the nearby Tarn Hows Viewpoint often pause here, where the air grows thin and sharp against the skin. These heights offer a vantage point over the rugged geology of the North West, where the stone itself seems to hum with the memory of glacial movement. Hawkshead Hill serves as a quiet sentinel of the fells, holding its ground amidst the slow, enduring pulse of the mountain wind.
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About This Hawkshead Hill, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hawkshead Hill, 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 Hawkshead Hill includes coordinates 54.381644, -3.02361, 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 Hawkshead Hill is available on the Hawkshead Hill 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.