Swarthdale, Lancashire Weather
About Swarthdale, Lancashire
Swarthdale emerges from the limestone-flecked pastures of Lancashire as a quiet witness to the slow turn of the seasons. It lies 2.5 miles east-south-east of Carnforth (from Carnforth: bearing 112°T, OS grid SD 536 691), and is situated east-south-east of Over Kellet village. The land here rises in modest, craggy swells, drawing the eye toward the brooding silhouette of Oaken Head which keeps a steady vigil over the southern horizon. Beneath the shifting clouds of the North West, the stone walls of Swarthdale hold a pale, ghost-like luminescence during the long, bruised twilights of autumn. To the north, the waters of Pedder Potts Reservoir catch the silvered light of the sky, mirroring a silence that persists across the surrounding fields. The wind carries a crisp, thin edge across the open acreage, brushing against the ancient, stoic timber of the nearby woods. Life in Swarthdale retains a singular, unadorned composure, defined by the grit of the earth and the vast, unhindered expanse of the northern firmament.
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Live animated radar for Swarthdale and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Swarthdale, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swarthdale, 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 Swarthdale includes coordinates 54.115695, -2.710897, 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 Swarthdale is available on the Swarthdale 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.