Cliffe captures the wide, flat stillness of the North Yorkshire plains, where the horizon stretches long and pale under a vast, shifting sky. It lies 3.0 miles east of Selby (from Selby: bearing 95°T, OS grid SE 661 319), and is situated north-west of Hemingbrough village. The land here maintains a quiet, watery composure, defined by the slow transit of the Oldmill Field Drain as it wanders through the nearby fields. Ancient earthworks ripple the ground to the south-west, marking the site where medieval gardens once flourished long before the modern reach of the road. Cliffe draws its character from this low-lying earth, where the light hits the damp soil with a clarity that renders every furrow and hedgerow sharp against the grey-blue distance. To the south, the enduring presence of Drax Augustinian Priory casts a silent shadow over the local landscape, grounding the surrounding meadows in a centuries-old gravity. Residents of Cliffe often walk the lanes that track toward the river, catching the scent of damp reeds and turning earth that rises from the damp banks of the Upper Hope. Through every season, the place persists with a steady, unadorned dignity, held fast by the wide, open air of the Ouse valley.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cliffe, 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 Cliffe includes coordinates 53.779989, -0.997195, 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 Cliffe is available on the Cliffe 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.