Hornsby defines a quiet corner of the Cumbrian landscape, where the land rises in patient swells towards the Pennine fringe. It lies 6.9 miles south of Brampton (from Brampton: bearing 187°T, OS grid NY 516 500), and is situated south-south-east of Cumwhitton village. The horizon here is marked by the modest rise of Gallow Hill, which keeps a watchful, ancient silence over the pastures below. To the north-west, the damp, sequestered expanse of Moorthwaite Moss Sssi holds the mist long after the morning sun has claimed the fields. Hornsby remains a place of rugged agricultural persistence, where stone walls mark out the slow, seasonal pulse of the farming year. The air carries a sharp, clean clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the drystone boundaries. Beneath the sky, the landscape feels unadorned and honest, stripped of artifice by the prevailing winds. Life in Hornsby moves in harmony with the shifting light that pours across these open, working acres.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hornsby, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Hornsby includes coordinates 54.842947, -2.755052, 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 Hornsby is available on the Hornsby 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.