Threlkeld draws the sharp, clear light of the northern fells across its slate roofs and rugged, stone-walled boundaries. It lies 3.5 miles east-north-east of Keswick (from Keswick: bearing 71°T, OS grid NY 319 252), and is situated east of Applethwaite village. Within the expansive embrace of the Lake District National Park, Threlkeld sits beneath the formidable, brooding presence of Blencathra, whose slopes command the horizon. The landscape here is defined by the restless, cooling movement of water, with Riddings Beck flowing to the west and Kilnhow Beck marking the eastern edge of the terrain. Traces of a harder, industrial past remain visible at the Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum, where the silence of the hills is broken only by the echo of former geological labour. Ancient stone circles and cairnfields linger on the nearby commons, quiet witnesses to a history that long predates the modern map. Threlkeld maintains a stoic character, shaped by the persistent winds that roll down from Gategill Fell Top to scour the valley floor. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, the village feels less like a place of human habit and more like a permanent feature of the earth itself.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Threlkeld, 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 Threlkeld includes coordinates 54.618119, -3.05506, 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 Threlkeld is available on the Threlkeld 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.