Knotts, Cumbria Weather
About Knotts, Cumbria
High fells and the shifting light of the Cumbrian sky define the character of Knotts. It lies 7.4 miles south-west of Penrith (from Penrith: bearing 221°T, OS grid NY 434 214), and is situated south of Longthwaite village. This small collection of dwellings rests within the protected expanse of the Lake District National Park, where the horizon is dominated by the rising slopes of the Knotts hill itself. To the north-west, the rugged profile of Birk Crag casts a long, cooling shadow that stretches across the nearby pastures as the sun dips. The landscape here breathes with the movement of water, as the quiet currents of Pencilmill Beck trace a path through the valley floor. Deep greens and the grey of exposed stone mark the transition from the high, unforgiving ridges down toward the glinting surface of Ullswater. Here, the air carries a crisp, ancient clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every drystone wall and hawthorn hedge. Time in Knotts moves not by the clock, but by the slow, seasonal turning of the seasons across this wild and elemental terrain.
Flight conditions near Knotts. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Knotts and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Knotts, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Knotts, 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 Knotts includes coordinates 54.585204, -2.876478, 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 Knotts is available on the Knotts 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.