Bendgate, North Yorkshire Weather
About Bendgate, North Yorkshire
Bendgate emerges from the limestone-heavy folds of the landscape where the earth holds a quiet, skeletal tension. It lies 4.2 miles south-south-east of Settle (from Settle: bearing 162°T, OS grid SD 839 570), and is situated south-south-east of Long Preston village. The terrain here leans toward the light, offering a clear view of the high, grassy spine of Rough Close Hill that shadows the western horizon. Water carves the land with insistent precision, as Long Preston Beck draws a silver thread through the fields just to the north. These low-lying veins of moisture feed the soil, ensuring the grass remains a sharp, vivid green that seems to catch the sun with an almost metallic intensity. Bendgate maintains a frugal relationship with the surrounding pastures, shaped by the hard-won traditions of pastoral farming that have long defined this corner of the region. The air carries the scent of damp earth and cooling stone, a sensory reminder of the proximity to the Ribblesdale valley’s wide, sweeping mouth. Every stone wall and gatepost in Bendgate reflects a stubborn endurance against the prevailing winds that scour the uplands.
Flight conditions near Bendgate. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Bendgate and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Bendgate, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bendgate, 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. 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 Bendgate includes coordinates 54.009369, -2.245887, 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 Bendgate is available on the Bendgate 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.