Beal keeps a watchful eye over the low-lying plains of North Yorkshire, where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the shifting northern sky. It lies 2.2 miles east-north-east of Knottingley (from Knottingley: bearing 68°T, OS grid SE 532 253), and is situated north-north-east of Kellingley village. The earth here is heavy and dark, a sodden, fertile ground that drinks the winter rains and holds the damp long into the spring. A quiet stillness clings to the nearby Beal Long Reach, where the water mirrors the clouds in a flat, grey glass that seems to absorb the very sound of the wind. Beyond the houses, the land flattens into an expanse where the light feels expansive and unfiltered, exposing the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. The Old Eye meanders through this landscape with a sluggish, serpentine purpose, carving a path through the silt that has defined the character of the fields for generations. Beal retains a sober, utilitarian grace, unburdened by artifice and shaped by the honest gravity of the surrounding fens. In the autumn, the air grows sharp and cold, carrying the faint scent of turned soil and the distant, rhythmic hum of agricultural machinery.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Beal, North Yorkshire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Beal includes coordinates 53.72188, -1.193834, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Beal is available on the Beal map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the North Yorkshire 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.