Three Bridges emerges from the Cumbrian landscape as a modest collection of dwellings defined by the quiet convergence of land and water. It lies 0.9 miles west-south-west of Ulverston (from Ulverston: bearing 243°T, OS grid SD 275 776), and is situated north of Swarthmoor village. The terrain here holds a particular stillness, where the low sun catches the silvered currents of Barn Beck as it slips past the edge of the houses. Three Bridges sits within a landscape of ancient stone and pasture, marking a transition between the bustling market life of the nearby town and the deeper, greener reaches of the county. A short distance away, the grass-covered mound of Eller Barrow stands as a silent witness to the long human tenure of this soil. Light moves across the fields with a deliberate, heavy grace, illuminating the mossy boundaries that separate the gardens from the encroaching wild. This is a place of understated character, where the rhythm of the day is dictated more by the shift of the clouds than by the machinery of the modern world.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Three Bridges, 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 Three Bridges includes coordinates 54.189609, -3.112269, 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 Three Bridges is available on the Three Bridges 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.