Penny Bridge gathers the shadows of the southern Lakeland fells where the land begins to soften toward the sea. It lies 3.2 miles north-north-east of Ulverston (from Ulverston: bearing 24°T, OS grid SD 310 829), and is situated north-west of Greenodd village. The River Crake flows past with a persistent, cold clarity, guiding the eye toward the distant, shimmering expanse of the Channel of the River Leven. To the south, the slopes of Arrad Hill rise with a quiet, stubborn authority, grounding the horizon against the shifting movements of the light. Penny Bridge holds a history of iron and water, where the industrial echoes of the past remain etched into the stone walls that partition the fields. The air here carries a sharp, saline edge, drifting inland from the expansive mudflats of Greenodd Sands. In the transition between the rising hills and the tidal pull of the estuary, the architecture of Penny Bridge maintains a sturdy, unadorned presence. This landscape demands a particular attention, rewarding the observer with the stark, skeletal beauty of winter trees against a bruised sky.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Penny Bridge, 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 Penny Bridge includes coordinates 54.237491, -3.060023, 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 Penny Bridge is available on the Penny Bridge 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.