Meathop, Cumbria Weather
About Meathop, Cumbria
Meathop reveals itself as a quiet collection of dwellings caught between the limestone crags and the shifting tidal horizons of the Kent estuary. It lies 2.6 miles north-east of Grange-over-Sands (from Grange-over-Sands: bearing 47°T, OS grid SD 437 806), and is situated east of Lindale village. The landscape here breathes with the ancient, damp rhythm of the mosses, where the air holds a persistent, saline clarity that defines the transition into the Lake District National Park. To the north, the expanse of Meathop Moss SSSi stretches out in a mosaic of peat and bog flora, reflecting a pale, bruised light that seems to defy the solidity of the earth. Meathop remains tethered to the slow pulse of the tides, which pull at the nearby marshes with a heavy, rhythmic gravity. The limestone bedrock frequently breaks the surface in sudden, jagged outcrops, reminding the observer of the skeletal geology beneath the thin veil of pasture. Meathop also finds a subtle, wooded sanctuary in the nearby Meathop Woods and Quarry SSSi, where the dense canopy tempers the winds sweeping in from the Irish Sea. This geography dictates a life of measured isolation, far removed from the clamour of more frequented routes.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Meathop, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Meathop, 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 Meathop includes coordinates 54.218858, -2.864267, 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 Meathop is available on the Meathop 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.