Salton occupies a flat, quiet stretch of the Ryedale landscape where the horizon seems to stretch wider than the earth beneath it. It lies 4.2 miles south-south-east of Kirkbymoorside (from Kirkbymoorside: bearing 164°T, OS grid SE 716 800), and is situated north-west of Brawby village. A singular, ancient stillness defines the surroundings, broken only by the low, insistent rush of Carr Dike as it pulls water through the fields just to the north. The light here has a habit of lingering, catching the pale stone of the local architecture before the shadows lengthen across the surrounding pastures. To the south-south-east, the modest rise of Cliff Hill provides a gentle interruption to the otherwise level geography of the parish. Salton remains largely defined by its agricultural roots, with the rhythms of the seasons dictating the slow pace of life more effectively than any clock. The architecture reflects a sturdy, utilitarian history, built to endure the damp winds that occasionally sweep in from the wider Vale of Pickering. One finds that the character of the place is not found in grand monuments, but in the honest, unadorned way the buildings sit against the vast North Yorkshire sky.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Salton, 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 Salton includes coordinates 54.210944, -0.902683, 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 Salton is available on the Salton 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.