Thornhill, Cumbria Weather
About Thornhill, Cumbria
Thornhill holds a quiet, unassuming presence upon the Cumbrian landscape, defined by its proximity to the industrial remnants and green swells of the west coast. It lies 1.1 miles south of Egremont (from Egremont: bearing 178°T, OS grid NY 010 088). The light here often catches the incline of Merry Hill to the southwest, casting long, pensive shadows that stretch across the fields towards the houses. Residents look toward the north where the ruins of Egremont Castle offer a fractured silhouette against the sky, a reminder of the centuries that have shaped this terrain. The air carries the faint, crisp scent of open water from Billy Hole, where the surface tension of the reservoir mirrors the shifting clouds. Thornhill maintains a modest character, grounded in the bedrock of a region once defined by the deep, rhythmic pulse of hematite extraction. Beneath the horizon, the earth retains the history of its workers, while the local topography remains open to the restless, salt-tinged winds blowing in from the Irish Sea. Each day unfolds with a steady, unforced movement, as if the land itself is accustomed to the quiet passage of time.
Flight conditions near Thornhill. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Thornhill and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Thornhill, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Thornhill, 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 Thornhill includes coordinates 54.465692, -3.527772, 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 Thornhill is available on the Thornhill 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.