Dacre holds the quiet gravity of the Nidderdale landscape, where stone walls trace the contours of the earth like stiff, grey ribbons. It lies 3.7 miles south-east of Pateley Bridge (from Pateley Bridge: bearing 146°T, OS grid SE 192 607), and is situated south-south-west of Dacre Banks village. The land here rises sharply toward the rugged shoulder of Hackler's Hill, casting long, lean shadows across the pastures as the afternoon sun retreats. Below, the water of Darley Beck frets against its stony bed, a restless silver thread pulling through the lower fields. Farmers have worked these slopes for generations, their lives governed by the slow, heavy turn of the seasons and the stubborn resilience of the soil. Ancient, weathered markers remain scattered across the surrounding heights, where forgotten hands once carved cryptic geometries into the living rock. Dacre retains a composure born of isolation, indifferent to the frantic pace of the wider world beyond its limestone boundaries. Every winter, the frost settles deep into the crevices of the drystone, binding the history of Dacre to the very bones of the moor.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dacre, 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 Dacre includes coordinates 54.042575, -1.707758, 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 Dacre is available on the Dacre 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.