Little Arrow emerges from the rugged Cumbrian terrain as a quiet collection of stone dwellings, standing witness to the slow passage of clouds over the fells. It lies 6.7 miles north-east of Broughton in Furness (from Broughton in Furness: bearing 45°T, OS grid SD 290 949), and is situated north-east of Torver village. Positioned firmly within the Lake District National Park, the hamlet occupies a landscape where the sharp, grey teeth of Hare Crags rise to the west, casting long shadows across the valley floor as the afternoon wanes. The constant, low-frequency hum of water defines the local character, as the nearby Crook Gill Waterfall carves its descent through the rock with patient, relentless energy. Beyond the immediate threshold of Little Arrow, the land slopes gently toward the silver expanse of Coniston Water, which catches the light like a sheet of hammered pewter on windless days. Ancient echoes of industry linger in the earth, marked by the presence of historic bloomeries that once harnessed the local resources to feed the fires of earlier iron-making eras. The air here holds a crisp, mineral clarity, sharpened by the proximity of the high crags and the cold, bracing currents that drift down from the upland streams. Little Arrow remains a place where the geology is written in the very walls of the buildings, grounding the domestic lives of its inhabitants in the enduring permanence of the surrounding fells.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Little Arrow, 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 Little Arrow includes coordinates 54.345533, -3.093062, 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 Little Arrow is available on the Little Arrow 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.