Hunsonby emerges from the Cumbrian landscape as a collection of sandstone dwellings gathered around a central green where the light catches the mossy edges of old garden walls. It lies 5.2 miles north-east of Penrith (from Penrith: bearing 52°T, OS grid NY 581 354), and is situated north of Winskill village. The terrain here breathes with the ancient weight of the River Eden and Tributaries SSSI, which carves a cool, winding path through the surrounding fields. To the north-west, the megaliths of the Long Meg and Her Daughters stone circle stand in silent, rhythmic defiance of the passing centuries. Hunsonby remains tethered to this quiet earth, where the air often carries the damp, earthy scent of water rising from the nearby Robberby Water. The buildings, constructed from local red sandstone, seem to absorb the waning afternoon sun until they glow with a warmth that persists even as shadows lengthen across the meadows. Farmers here work a soil that has been turned for generations, maintaining a steady, functional relationship with the land that surrounds them. One feels in the stillness of the afternoon that the history of this place is not merely recorded in books, but is held in the very texture of the stone and the persistent flow of the nearby streams.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hunsonby, 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 Hunsonby includes coordinates 54.712127, -2.651401, 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 Hunsonby is available on the Hunsonby 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.