Orton, Cumbria Weather
About Orton, Cumbria
Orton commands a high, limestone-bright ridge where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of distant fells. It lies 8.5 miles south-south-west of Appleby-in-Westmorland (from Appleby-in-Westmorland: bearing 206°T, OS grid NY 622 081), and is situated north of Tebay village. This expanse of high ground falls within the eastern reaches of the Lake District National Park, where the horizon stretches into a vast, unencumbered bowl of sky. Nearby, the Gamelands Embanked Stone Circle rests in the grass like a crown of forgotten teeth, holding the silence of centuries. Below the village, Chapel Beck carves a narrow, rhythmic path through the limestone, its waters silvered by the pale Cumbrian light. The architecture of Orton is defined by rugged, grey-stone dwellings that seem to have pushed their way up from the very bedrock. Residents maintain a quiet independence here, anchored by a tradition of farming that has long shaped the surrounding pastures. The land nearby, including the protected Orton Pastures Sssi, remains a vivid tapestry of rare grasses and wildflowers, undisturbed by the hurried pace of the modern world.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Orton, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orton, 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 Orton includes coordinates 54.467558, -2.584173, 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 Orton is available on the Orton 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.