Drebley remains a quiet gathering of stone and slate held fast against the rising slopes of the Wharfedale valley. It lies 6.2 miles north-east of Skipton (from Skipton: bearing 40°T, OS grid SE 053 591), and is situated south of Appletreewick village. The landscape here breathes with the ancient, open air of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, where the rugged horizon is defined by the sharp, imposing profiles of Herds Hill and Brown Bank Hill. These high ridges cast long, patient shadows across the pastures, grounding Drebley in a geography that demands both resilience and reverence from those who dwell there. Water is a constant companion to the terrain, as the brisk currents of Fir Beck carve their way through the limestone bedrock nearby. The light in this corner of the county possesses a particular, silvered clarity, often catching the grey masonry of the older farmsteads until they seem to glow against the dark, encroaching moorland. Beyond the immediate fields, the earth keeps its secrets, marked by the prehistoric presence of the Ring Cairn that rests silently to the north-west. Such places remind one that Drebley has long been a witness to the slow, turning seasons of a land defined by stone and sky.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Drebley, 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 Drebley includes coordinates 54.028541, -1.920201, 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 Drebley is available on the Drebley 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.