Wharfe rests as a collection of rugged stone dwellings caught in the high, limestone-bright light of the Pennine hills. It lies 4.4 miles north-north-west of Settle (from Settle: bearing 329°T, OS grid SD 783 696), and is situated north-east of Austwick village. This cluster of dwellings finds its lifeblood within the expansive, wind-swept boundaries of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. To the south, the ancient, moss-laden reaches of the Oxenber and Wharfe Woods SSSI offer a sanctuary for rare flora that clings to the thin, nutrient-poor soil. The atmosphere remains defined by the persistent, silver-tongued movement of the Wharfe Gill Sike as it carves its passage through the earth nearby. Grey walls of dry-stone divide the fields into a geometric puzzle, reflecting the patient labour of generations who worked this challenging terrain. Wharfe maintains a quiet dignity, where the silence is broken only by the sharp, sudden cry of curlews wheeling overhead. The landscape here does not merely exist; it commands a stark, austere beauty that demands attention from any traveller who wanders its paths.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wharfe, 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 Wharfe includes coordinates 54.121863, -2.33335, 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 Wharfe is available on the Wharfe 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.