Limestone walls and weathered sandstone cottages trace the quiet contours of King's Meaburn, where the earth holds the memory of generations beneath a broad, restless Cumbrian sky. It lies 3.9 miles west of Appleby-in-Westmorland (from Appleby-in-Westmorland: bearing 276°T, OS grid NY 620 211), and is situated east-south-east of Morland village. Ancient soil clings to the King's Meaburn Medieval Settlement, where the fading outlines of an open field system suggest a long-departed industry of the plough. Water defines the edges of this horizon, as Little Beck slips through the lower pastures with a persistent, silver clarity. A short distance away, the quiet basin of Toad Hole catches the shifting light, turning the surface into a mirror for the passing clouds. The land rises firmly toward the west, where the rounded crown of Johnstone's Hill commands a view over the sprawling, green expanse of the Eden Valley. Winter gales often scour these slopes, leaving the stone buildings to weather the seasons with a stoic, grey permanence. Life here moves in concert with the turning of the seasons, far removed from the clamour of modern thoroughfares.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for King's Meaburn, 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 King's Meaburn includes coordinates 54.583911, -2.588282, 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 King's Meaburn is available on the King's Meaburn 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.