High Sellafield, Cumbria Weather
About High Sellafield, Cumbria
High Sellafield maintains a steadfast, salt-stung composure upon the Cumbrian coast. It lies 4.1 miles south of Egremont (from Egremont: bearing 169°T, OS grid NY 021 041), and is situated south-east of Braystones village. Low-lying light shifts across the fields, catching the grey, industrial skeleton of the Windscale Pile 1 chimney as it pierces the horizon like a silent, iron sentinel. To the west, the rounded rise of Watch Hill intercepts the sea breeze, tempering the winds that sweep across the salt-marsh grasses. High Sellafield exists in a space where the heavy machinery of the twentieth century shares the earth with the quiet, persistent growth of Low Church Moss Sssi. The damp soil here holds a particular, mineral-rich chill, drawing moisture from the nearby Irish Sea to coat the hedgerows in a fine, silver dew. Each winter, the landscape drains into the low hollows, turning the ground into a dark mirror that reflects the passing clouds. High Sellafield remains a place of stark, functional beauty, where the weight of human industry is balanced by the vast, unyielding expanse of the northern sky.
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About This High Sellafield, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for High Sellafield, 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 Sellafield includes coordinates 54.423399, -3.510229, 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 Sellafield is available on the High Sellafield 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.