Beadnell stretches along the Northumbrian coastline where the North Sea air carries the sharp, clean scent of salt and crushed shells. It lies 10.4 miles north-north-east of Alnwick (from Alnwick: bearing 15°T, OS grid NU 230 293), and is situated south-east of North Sunderland village. The horizon here is vast and indifferent, dominated by a sky that shifts from bruised violet to pale, translucent pearl as the tides pull back from the shore. Along the southern edge, the crumbling stone skeletons of the Beadnell Lime Kilns stand as heavy, arched reminders of an era when fire and rock fueled the local industry. These ruins gaze out toward the sea, their masonry weathered into the same tawny hues as the nearby dunes. Further along the coast, the remnants of St Ebba's Chapel and Monastic Site offer a quiet, grassy sanctuary where the wind hums through the long, salt-bent grasses. Beadnell remains a place of edges, where the solid weight of history meets the fluid, restless motion of the Atlantic. The landscape holds its breath in the stillness of the dawn, waiting for the water to reclaim the sand.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Beadnell, Northumberland, 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 Beadnell includes coordinates 55.556851, -1.636601, in the county of Northumberland, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Beadnell is available on the Beadnell map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Northumberland 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.