Whelpo, Cumbria Weather
About Whelpo, Cumbria
Whelpo emerges from the northern fells as a collection of stone dwellings that seem to gather the fading light of the Cumbrian sky. It lies 6.4 miles south-south-east of Wigton (from Wigton: bearing 148°T, OS grid NY 308 396), and is situated west of Caldbeck village. This quiet hamlet resides within the protected embrace of the Lake District National Park, where the horizon is defined by the sharp, enduring profile of Faulds Brow. Below the slopes, the waters of the Cald Beck traverse the rugged terrain, carving a path that has sustained the local landscape for centuries. The memory of industry lingers nearby at The Howk Bobbin Mill, where the remnants of stone and sluice remind the visitor of an era when the river’s energy was harnessed for production. Whelpo maintains a stillness that reflects the patience of the surrounding hills, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern world. Here, the air carries a crisp, elemental clarity, untainted by the clamour of distant motorways. The earth beneath Whelpo holds the weight of old stone and the steady, rhythmic pulse of the seasons.
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Live animated radar for Whelpo and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Whelpo, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whelpo, 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 Whelpo includes coordinates 54.746863, -3.0761, 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 Whelpo is available on the Whelpo 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.