Staveley, Cumbria Weather
About Staveley, Cumbria
Staveley catches the first light of dawn as it spills over the high, rugged shoulders of the fells. It lies 3.7 miles east of Windermere (from Windermere: bearing 95°T, OS grid SD 472 980), and is situated west-north-west of Cowan Head village. Enclosed by the protected expanse of the Lake District National Park, the terrain here breathes with a cool, upland clarity that defines the character of the valley floor. To the north, the skeletal remains of the Tower of Ruined Chapel of St Margaret stand as a quiet witness to the centuries, its weather-worn masonry silvered by the persistent mountain air. The local landscape rises sharply toward the heights of Dan Hill, where the wind carries the scent of damp bracken and crushed slate. Below these slopes, the brisk waters of the River Kent carve a path through the valley, providing a rhythmic accompaniment to the daily life of Staveley. The architecture here retains a stubborn, industrious honesty, reflecting a history of bobbin turning and tanning that once powered the local economy. In this corner of Cumbria, the horizon remains vast and unyielding, demanding a certain strength from all who dwell beneath its watchful peaks.
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About This Staveley, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Staveley, 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 Staveley includes coordinates 54.375041, -2.814265, 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 Staveley is available on the Staveley 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.