Womersley reveals itself as a quiet gathering of stone and slate amid the flat, expansive fields of North Yorkshire. It lies 3.6 miles south-south-east of Knottingley (from Knottingley: bearing 148°T, OS grid SE 531 190), and is situated north-north-east of Little Smeaton village. The light here often feels thin and pale, catching the limestone edges of the local architecture before fading into the wide, unencumbered horizon. A short distance to the west, the Womersley Medieval Settlement Remains and Victorian Ice House in Icehouse Park hold the silence of centuries beneath their grassy hummocks. The landscape carries the memory of industry and agriculture, where the earth has long been worked by those who know the temperament of the local clay. Further afield, the Forlorn Hope Meadow SSSI preserves a rare, damp stillness where wildflowers persist in their own slow, deliberate cycles. Womersley maintains a measured pace, defined by the seasonal shifting of the sun across its low-lying lanes and the steady, unsentimental passage of the wind.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Womersley, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Womersley includes coordinates 53.665149, -1.197187, 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 Womersley is available on the Womersley 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.