Vickerstown, Cumbria Weather
About Vickerstown, Cumbria
Vickerstown retains a distinct character shaped by the industrial ambitions of the Vickers shipbuilding family who commissioned its red-brick terraces at the turn of the twentieth century. It lies 0.9 miles west-south-west of Barrow-in-Furness (from Barrow-in-Furness: bearing 253°T, OS grid SD 184 686). The houses form orderly, disciplined rows that catch the pale, saline light reflecting off the Irish Sea. Residents often enjoy the quietude of Vickerstown Park, where the manicured lawns offer a sharp contrast to the rugged, tidal mudflats nearby. To the north, the salt-washed expanse of Oak Head Scar provides a shifting, grey-blue horizon that changes with every turn of the tide. The salt air here carries a bracing sharpness, tempering the Victorian rigidity of the architecture with the unpredictable moods of the coast. Walking these streets, one senses the lingering gravity of the shipyards that once defined the horizon for every inhabitant. Vickerstown remains a place where the precision of engineering meets the vast, unyielding reach of the Cumbrian shoreline.
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Live animated radar for Vickerstown and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Vickerstown, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Vickerstown, 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 Vickerstown includes coordinates 54.107385, -3.248905, 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 Vickerstown is available on the Vickerstown 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.