West Silloth, Cumbria Weather
About West Silloth, Cumbria
West Silloth unfolds as a quiet expanse of Cumbrian landscape, where the salt-laden breeze drifts inland from the Solway Firth to stir the tall grasses. It lies 0.6 miles south-south-east of Silloth (from Silloth: bearing 164°T, OS grid NY 111 526). The horizon here is dominated by a vast, shifting sky that reflects the mercurial moods of the Irish Sea, casting long, pale shadows across the flat fields. To the west, the ancient earthworks of Blitterlees, a Roman milefortlet, remain as a silent sentinel beneath the turf, holding the memory of a frontier line that once looked toward a wilder shore. Gentle rises in the land lead the eye toward the distant silhouette of Eagle Hill, which anchors the coastal plain against the encroaching clouds. West Silloth maintains a rhythm dictated by the tides and the seasonal turning of the surrounding pasture, far removed from the frantic pace of modern thoroughfares. The light here possesses a peculiar, translucent quality, often turning the evening air into a thin veil of silver that softens the edges of the nearby docks. This geography creates a space of profound stillness, where the heritage of the Roman frontier and the modern coastal wind coexist in a singular, unassuming quietude.
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Live animated radar for West Silloth and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This West Silloth, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Silloth, 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 West Silloth includes coordinates 54.860908, -3.385493, 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 West Silloth is available on the West Silloth 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.