Rottington, Cumbria Weather
About Rottington, Cumbria
Rottington remains a quiet collection of stone dwellings gathered against the rugged Cumbrian coastline. It lies 3.3 miles south-south-west of Whitehaven (from Whitehaven: bearing 191°T, OS grid NX 962 131), and is situated north-west of St Bees village. Winds arriving from the Irish Sea scour the fields, carrying a salt-heavy dampness that clings to the ancient masonry of the local farmsteads. To the north-west, the St. Bees Head Sssi rises as a formidable sandstone rampart, its sheer cliffs offering a stark, vertical contrast to the rolling pastureland. The narrow lanes near Rottington are frequently accompanied by the muted, persistent rush of Rottington Beck, which carves a modest path through the earth toward the shoreline. Here, the light possesses a thin, silver clarity that sharpens the edges of the drystone walls and makes the surrounding moorland appear deceptively close. Rottington endures as a place of sparse, elemental beauty, where the horizon is dominated by the vast, grey expanse of the sea rather than the clutter of modern industry. Every inhabitant moves with the awareness of a landscape shaped by constant weather, finding shelter in the stubborn, enduring character of the Cumbrian rock.
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About This Rottington, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rottington, 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 Rottington includes coordinates 54.503335, -3.604002, 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 Rottington is available on the Rottington 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.