Great Crakehall reveals itself through a landscape of quiet, low-lying pastures that catch the pale, northern light with a peculiar, silvery intensity. It lies 1.8 miles north-west of Bedale (from Bedale: bearing 308°T, OS grid SE 243 899), and is situated south-south-east of Little Crakehall village. Beyond the stone walls and dwellings, The Green offers an open expanse where the grass holds the dew long into the morning, acting as a soft, verdant anchor for the surrounding lanes. The nearby Mill Pond remains a glassy mirror, capturing the sky and the slow passage of clouds that drift toward the horizon. Great Crakehall maintains a steady character defined by the modest, persistent flow of Crakehall Beck, which carves a path through the fields with an ancient, unhurried purpose. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and limestone, a reminder of the bedrock that shapes the geography of North Yorkshire. Each structure within the boundary seems to exist in a state of patient endurance, anchored firmly to the soil of the Yorkshire and the Humber region.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Crakehall, 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 Great Crakehall includes coordinates 54.304129, -1.62709, 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 Great Crakehall is available on the Great Crakehall 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.