High Hawsker commands the windswept ridge of the North Yorkshire coast, where the air tastes perpetually of salt and cold stone. It lies 2.9 miles south-east of Whitby (from Whitby: bearing 138°T, OS grid NZ 928 074), and is situated east-south-east of Hawsker village. Salt-rimed hedges mark the boundaries of fields that fall away toward the North Sea, grounding the horizon in a restless, grey expanse. To the east, the marshy solitude of Maw Wyke draws the eye toward the cliff edge, where the land seems to hesitate before tumbling into the tide. Ancient stone remnants like the Hawsker Cross Wayside Cross remain as silent witnesses to the generations who have walked these lanes under the wide, unblinking sky. Winter light here possesses a particular clarity, sharpening the edges of the drystone walls until they appear carved from the very bones of the earth. High Hawsker persists as a place of open horizons, where the persistent coastal gale dictates the growth of trees and the rhythm of the day.
Flight conditions near High Hawsker. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for High Hawsker and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for High Hawsker, 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 High Hawsker includes coordinates 54.45427, -0.569457, 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 High Hawsker is available on the High Hawsker 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.