Swarthmoor, Cumbria Weather
About Swarthmoor, Cumbria
Swarthmoor carries the quiet weight of a landscape shaped by both the industry of iron and the fervent convictions of early Quakerism. It lies 1.1 miles south-west of Ulverston (from Ulverston: bearing 231°T, OS grid SD 274 772), and is situated east of Pennington village. The light here often lingers with a peculiar clarity, catching the grey stone of Swarthmoor Hall, where George Fox once found a sanctuary for his burgeoning movement. Through the lower fields, the gentle rush of Barn Beck cuts a silver path toward the sea, its waters indifferent to the passage of centuries. To the west, the ancient earthwork of Eller Barrow rises as a silent, grassy mound, keeping watch over the shifting moods of the Cumbrian sky. The Millennium Garden offers a brief, cultivated pause, its paths providing a contrast to the rugged, untamed horizons that press in from the surrounding hills. Swarthmoor retains a stoic dignity, its character defined by the intersection of high limestone ridges and the persistent, low-lying damp of the coastal plain. Each morning, the air arrives from the Irish Sea, carrying a sharp, salt-edged freshness that seems to polish the very edges of the houses and lanes.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Swarthmoor, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swarthmoor, 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 Swarthmoor includes coordinates 54.185491, -3.113369, 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 Swarthmoor is available on the Swarthmoor 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.