Westward, Cumbria Weather
About Westward, Cumbria
Westward holds the quiet gravity of a Cumbrian parish where the land slopes gently toward the Solway Plain. It lies 2.5 miles south-south-east of Wigton (from Wigton: bearing 152°T, OS grid NY 273 448), and is situated east of Bolton Low Houses village. The light here catches the damp limestone, casting long, lean shadows across fields that have been tilled since the Roman occupation of the nearby Old Carlisle fort. Beneath the soil, the earth remembers the iron-shod boots of legions, while above, the air remains crisp and unburdened by modern haste. To the south, the water of Townthwaite Beck carves a patient, silver furrow through the loam, its progress marking the slow pulse of the seasons. Westward keeps its history in the quiet alignment of its hedgerows and the sturdy, unpretentious masonry of its older dwellings. Further east, the Silver Beck winds through the landscape, a thin vein of brightness that feeds the verdant intensity of the local pastures. Through these open acres, the wind brings a clean, sharp scent of grass and distant rain, grounding the spirit in a geography that demands little more than observation.
Flight conditions near Westward. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Westward and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Westward, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Westward, 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 Westward includes coordinates 54.793627, -3.131951, 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 Westward is available on the Westward 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.