Roa Island, Cumbria Weather
About Roa Island, Cumbria
Roa Island emerges from the tidal mudflats like a solitary, salt-crusted anchor cast into the grey expanse of the Irish Sea. It lies 3.3 miles south-east of Barrow-in-Furness (from Barrow-in-Furness: bearing 140°T, OS grid SD 232 649), and is situated south-south-west of Rampside village. Connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway, Roa Island remains a place defined by the restless, rhythmic pulse of the tides. To the south, the crumbling silhouette of Piel Castle stands as a sentinel over the Piel Channel, its stone foundations worn thin by centuries of relentless spray and wind. The air here tastes intensely of brine, carrying the sharp, cold clarity of the open sea that washes against the nearby shores of Coup Scar. Beyond the harbour, the horizon is dominated by the vast, shifting geometries of the coastline where the water meets the sky in a seamless, pewter haze. Roa Island maintains a quiet resilience, its character forged by the utilitarian demands of maritime life rather than the whims of modern vanity. Boats bob within the shelter of the slipways, their rigging clinking against masts in a metallic, melancholic chorus that marks the passage of the afternoon.
Flight conditions near Roa Island. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Roa Island and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Roa Island, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roa Island, 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 Roa Island includes coordinates 54.074493, -3.174372, 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 Roa Island is available on the Roa Island 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.