Hunmanby Gap reveals itself as a quiet threshold where the North Yorkshire coastline meets the persistent, rhythmic erosion of the sea. It lies 2.5 miles south-south-east of Filey (from Filey: bearing 159°T, OS grid TA 130 770), and is situated east-south-east of Primrose Valley village. Salt-laden winds scour the land here, carving a distinct character into the clay cliffs that overlook the vast, grey expanse of the North Sea. To the east, the meandering course of Reighton Gill carves a fragile, verdant line through the earth, marking a passage of water that eventually surrenders to the tide. Below these precipices, the expansive reach of Hunmanby Sands offers a desolate, shifting beauty, where the sand mirrors the pale, expansive sky in a cycle of eternal flux. A sense of ancient stillness persists in the fields nearby, where the shadow of a barrow mound near Moor Farm suggests that others have long observed the horizon from this same vantage. Hunmanby Gap remains a place defined by its edges, caught between the solid endurance of the land and the fluid, grey indifference of the deep.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hunmanby Gap, 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 Hunmanby Gap includes coordinates 54.176441, -0.268932, 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 Hunmanby Gap is available on the Hunmanby Gap 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.