Sunny Bank emerges from the rugged Cumbrian landscape as a cluster of stone dwellings gathered against the rising slopes of the Lake District National Park. It lies 5.6 miles east-north-east of Broughton in Furness (from Broughton in Furness: bearing 57°T, OS grid SD 289 923), and is situated south-south-east of Torver village. A thin, crystalline light often spills across the local ridges, illuminating the dark, slate-grey outcrops that define the terrain here. To the southwest, the rounded shoulder of Coats Hill rises abruptly, acting as a silent sentinel over the quiet lanes that thread through Sunny Bank. Only a short distance to the north, the still waters of Kelly Hall Tarn hold the reflection of the passing clouds in a mirror of peat-stained glass. The surrounding earth feels ancient and heavy, shaped by a long history of pastoral toil that lingers in the weathered texture of the drystone walls. Bracken and gorse encroach upon the edges of the tracks, reclaiming the margins with a slow, persistent vitality that defines this wilder corner of the north.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sunny Bank, 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 Sunny Bank includes coordinates 54.321875, -3.093388, 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 Sunny Bank is available on the Sunny Bank 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.