Coniston Cold emerges from the North Yorkshire landscape as a series of limestone-walled pastures gathered around the steady passage of the A65. It lies 5.2 miles north of Earby (from Earby: bearing 355°T, OS grid SD 901 550), and is situated west-north-west of Gargrave village. The terrain rises to meet the slopes of Garres Hill, where the southern horizon takes on a rugged, stoic posture against the shifting northern clouds. Below, the waters of Gill Syke carve a narrow, persistent path through the earth, cooling the air as they wind toward the lower meadows. A quiet gravity hangs about the old stone structures of Coniston Cold, particularly where the parkland reveals the curious, vaulted masonry of an ancient icehouse. Here, the light often lingers with a silver clarity, catching the weathered edges of drystone walls that have long defined these boundaries. Travellers passing through often miss the subtle shift in the atmosphere as the road brushes past the quiet fields. Such spaces remain defined by the persistent, unpretentious industry of the soil and the vast, open skies that dictate the rhythm of the day.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Coniston Cold, 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 Coniston Cold includes coordinates 53.991388, -2.151508, 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 Coniston Cold is available on the Coniston Cold 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.