Scout Green exists as a cluster of stone and slate huddled against the rugged grain of the Cumbrian fells. It lies 9.7 miles south-west of Appleby-in-Westmorland (from Appleby-in-Westmorland: bearing 215°T, OS grid NY 593 075), and is situated west-south-west of Orton village. The terrain here is defined by the sharp, persistent clarity of high-altitude light, which seems to scrub the limestone walls until they gleam with a pale, bone-like intensity. As a fragment of the Lake District National Park, Scout Green maintains an austere intimacy with the sky, where the wind carries the damp, metallic scent of the nearby Birk Beck. Only a short distance away, the waters of Stakeley Beck carve a restless path through the earth, singing a cold and hurried song over the moss-slicked stones. These waterways serve as the silent arteries of the landscape, feeding the valley floor before the ground rises abruptly toward the solitary silhouette of Nan Hill. The life of Scout Green remains tethered to this ancient, unyielding geology, where the horizon feels close enough to touch and the silence is punctuated only by the sudden, sharp cry of a circling raptor. Here, the weight of the hills dictates a slow, deliberate pace, forcing every structure to hunker low against the weather’s unpredictable temper.
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Live animated radar for Scout Green and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Scout Green, 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 Scout Green includes coordinates 54.462095, -2.628741, 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 Scout Green is available on the Scout Green 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.