Robin Hood's Bay clings to the precipitous North Yorkshire coastline like a cluster of barnacles resisting the pull of the North Sea. It lies 4.8 miles south-east of Whitby (from Whitby: bearing 137°T, OS grid NZ 951 053), and is situated east-north-east of Fylingthorpe village. Red-roofed cottages crowd into the steep ravine, their narrow alleys turning away from the gale to huddle against one another. To the south-east, the tide pulls back to reveal the craggy expanse of Robin Hood's Bay Beach, where the salt-scoured fossils of ammonites wait in the shale. The quiet waters of Lingers Beck run dark and clear through the landscape, carving a path toward the sea that has dictated the movement of people here for centuries. Smugglers once exploited this complex geography, moving contraband through subterranean tunnels that still whisper of illicit trade beneath the floorboards of the local inns. On days when the mist rolls in from the horizon, the sharp, cold light turns the stone walls of Robin Hood's Bay into a muted charcoal, grounding the architecture in the raw, indifferent geology of the cliffs.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Robin Hood's Bay, 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 Robin Hood's Bay includes coordinates 54.434335, -0.534984, 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 Robin Hood's Bay is available on the Robin Hood's Bay 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.