Hesley occupies a rugged, quiet fold of land in North Yorkshire, where the horizon is defined by the shifting moods of the limestone fells. It lies 3.3 miles south-west of Settle (from Settle: bearing 223°T, OS grid SD 783 596), and is situated west of Rathmell village. The land here holds the damp chill of the north, with Hesley Beck tracing a narrow, silver seam through the fields just to the east. High above the hamlet, the rough limestone prow of Scoutber Crag juts into the sky, catching the sharp, pale light that characterises this corner of the Pennines. To the north, the eleven hectares of Hesley Moss SSSI create a dark, saturated expanse of peat and sedge that refuses to be tamed by the plough. There is a peculiar, watchful stillness in the way the shadows stretch across the pastures at dusk, as if the earth itself were holding its breath against the coming frost. Hesley remains a place of sparse, functional beauty, defined by the resilient stone walls that compartmentalise the wind-swept slopes. Life in Hesley follows the slow, necessary patterns of the agricultural cycle, indifferent to the hurried pace of the world beyond the hills.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hesley, 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 Hesley includes coordinates 54.032304, -2.332358, 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 Hesley is available on the Hesley 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.