High Cark rests upon the rolling limestone ridges of southern Cumbria, a place where the earth tilts toward the distant, shimmering expanse of the Irish Sea. It lies 3.3 miles north-north-west of Grange-over-Sands (from Grange-over-Sands: bearing 331°T, OS grid SD 381 824), and is situated north-west of Field Broughton village. This quiet cluster of dwellings exists entirely within the protected reaches of the Lake District National Park, where the horizon is defined by the sharp, grey silhouettes of the fells. To the north-west, the slopes of Knotts Hill catch the first light of dawn, casting long, lean shadows across the pastures that surround High Cark. The land here holds the dampness of the seasons, feeding the nearby Muddy Pool as it carves a slow, meandering path through the heavy, dark soil. Stone walls, built by hands long vanished into the earth, divide the fields into a geometry of grazing land and stubborn, wild scrub. In the stillness of the afternoon, one might hear the wind carrying the faint, rhythmic chime of sheep bells from the higher ground. Such silence is the true currency of these hills, offering a respite that remains as constant as the rising sun.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for High Cark, 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 High Cark includes coordinates 54.234249, -2.950857, 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 High Cark is available on the High Cark 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.