Stainsacre commands a steady, elevated presence above the North Yorkshire coast, where the salt-heavy air thins the light into a pale, translucent silver. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-east of Whitby (from Whitby: bearing 146°T, OS grid NZ 913 084), and is situated north-west of Hawsker village. The landscape here is defined by a rhythmic descent toward the sea, carved by the modest but persistent currents of Stainsacre Beck. To the south-east, the topography softens into the quiet, grassy folds of Stainsacre Dale, a place where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant tide. Travellers traversing the lanes might catch sight of the ancient, weathered form of the Hawsker Cross, a stone marker that has observed the passage of centuries with unblinking patience. Stainsacre maintains a quiet agricultural character, its fields holding the warmth of the sun long after the coastal fog has retreated from the hedgerows. The horizon remains open and vast, allowing the changing weather of the North Sea to sweep across the rooftops with an untamed, restless energy.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stainsacre, 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 Stainsacre includes coordinates 54.463563, -0.592384, 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 Stainsacre is available on the Stainsacre 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.