Smardale, Cumbria Weather
About Smardale, Cumbria
Limestone outcrops and the quiet, persistent rush of water define the character of Smardale as it holds its place in the northern landscape. It lies 2.2 miles west-south-west of Kirkby Stephen (from Kirkby Stephen: bearing 259°T, OS grid NY 740 081), and is situated south-east of Crosby Garrett village. The horizon here is dominated by the expansive, open skies of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, which embraces the land in a wide, indifferent arc. Travellers often pause to look upon the Smardale Railway Viaduct, where the weathered stone arches span the valley floor with a gravity that defies the fleeting nature of the seasons. Below these heights, the Smardale Gill SSSI protects a rare, fragile habitat where the flora clings to the rocky slopes with a stubborn, singular beauty. Smardale remains a place of deep, resonant silence, punctuated only by the lowing of cattle and the sharp, sudden cry of birds above the gully. Sunlight catches the moss-covered walls of local enclosures, illuminating the patient work of centuries that has shaped these fields into a patchwork of grey and green. Through the changing light of late afternoon, the earth here seems to hold its breath, waiting for the long shadows to stretch across the limestone veins of the valley.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Smardale, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Smardale, 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 Smardale includes coordinates 54.46832, -2.401659, 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 Smardale is available on the Smardale 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.