Ireby reveals itself as a quiet gathering of stone and pasture, where the horizon meets the rugged edges of the Pennines. It lies 3.3 miles south-east of Kirkby Lonsdale (from Kirkby Lonsdale: bearing 126°T, OS grid SD 653 754), and is situated south-east of Leck village. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, thin clarity, catching the grey limestone walls that divide the fields into a map of ancient ownership. To the east, the waters of Ireby Beck carve a persistent, silver thread through the valley floor, murmuring against the roots of hawthorn and ash. The landscape remains indifferent to the passing of centuries, yet traces of the past endure in the nearby Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement, where the earth still holds the ghost of a hearth. High above the hamlet, the slopes of Gallaber Hill catch the evening shadows, casting a long, cooling darkness across the grazing sheep. Ireby remains a place of singular composure, defined by the steady, unyielding patience of the northern hills.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ireby, Lancashire, 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 Ireby includes coordinates 54.173913, -2.532245, in the county of Lancashire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Ireby is available on the Ireby map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Lancashire 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.