Long Ashes reveals itself as a quiet gathering of stone and sky, tethered to the rugged spine of the Pennines. It lies 8.2 miles north of Skipton (from Skipton: bearing 356°T, OS grid SD 979 647), and is situated north-west of Threshfield village. The air here carries a sharp, clean clarity that settles over the limestone pastures of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. To the north-northeast, the ancient presence of the Cairn In Brazen Gate Woods stands as a silent sentinel, watching over the low-slung walls that divide the fields. Long Ashes shares its horizon with the swelling form of Round Hill, where the light shifts across the heather in long, melancholic shadows as the afternoon wanes. Beneath the surface of the surrounding earth, the remains of a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement hint at a deep, lingering occupation that predates the current map. The land possesses a spare, muscular quality, defined by the dry-stone boundaries that grip the hillside like a worn woollen coat. Life in Long Ashes remains dictated by the turn of the seasons and the slow, persistent movement of clouds over the high, exposed ridges.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Ashes, 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 Long Ashes includes coordinates 54.079055, -2.03281, 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 Long Ashes is available on the Long Ashes 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.