Parkhead, Cumbria Weather
About Parkhead, Cumbria
Parkhead emerges from the rolling Cumbrian landscape as a cluster of stone dwellings defined by the high, open horizons of the northern fells. It lies 7.1 miles south-east of Wigton (from Wigton: bearing 132°T, OS grid NY 338 405), and is situated east-north-east of Caldbeck village. The light here catches the grey slate roofs with a singular clarity, reflecting the austere beauty of the surrounding pastureland. To the north-north-east, the slopes of Warnell Fell rise abruptly, casting long, cool shadows across the fields as the afternoon sun begins its slow descent. Residents of Parkhead often look toward the nearby expanse of Parson's Park, where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and hardy upland grasses. A quiet industry persists in the rhythm of the local farms, where the land has been worked by generations who favour endurance over haste. The atmosphere remains anchored to the earth, undisturbed by the clamour of modern thoroughfares, allowing the natural silence of the hills to assert itself. Visitors might find that Parkhead possesses a gravity of its own, grounded in the unadorned strength of its limestone walls and the vast, shifting skies of the North West.
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About This Parkhead, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Parkhead, 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 Parkhead includes coordinates 54.755788, -3.029503, 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 Parkhead is available on the Parkhead 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.