Ancient stone and the persistent drift of Northumberland clouds define the quiet character of Beanley. It lies 7.3 miles west-north-west of Alnwick (from Alnwick: bearing 297°T, OS grid NU 081 183), and is situated east-north-east of Powburn village. The landscape here unfolds in broad, rhythmic sweeps of pasture that seem to catch the pale, silvered light unique to this northern latitude. To the east, the earth rises toward the Defended Settlement On Beanley Moor, where the grass grows thick over the humps of forgotten earthworks. Below these heights, the Pow Burn traces a restless, winding path, its waters murmuring against the stones with a cold, clear persistence. The horizon is further marked by the distant, rounded silhouette of Gallow Law, which watches over the surrounding fields like a silent, weathered guardian. Beanley remains a place of subtle shifts in shadow and sky, where the modern pace of life yields to the enduring weight of the terrain. Each season leaves its distinct mark upon the soil, ensuring that Beanley feels less like a fixed point on a map and more like an extension of the wild, open country that surrounds it.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Beanley, 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 Beanley includes coordinates 55.458835, -1.872771, 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 Beanley is available on the Beanley 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.