Cocklaw, Northumberland Weather
About Cocklaw, Northumberland
Cocklaw endures as a quiet sentinel of stone and pasture, defined by the stark, vertical ambition of its ruined tower. It lies 4.4 miles north of Hexham (from Hexham: bearing 2°T, OS grid NY 939 711), and is situated east of Humshaugh village. Cocklaw Tower remains the primary anchor of the horizon, a jagged fragment of masonry that catches the low, thin light of late afternoon like a broken tooth. Nearby, the Swallow Burn carves a modest, insistent path through the earth, its water running clear over stones smoothed by centuries of steady flow. The surrounding fields rise toward White Hill, where the land swells into a broad, grassy shoulder that seems to command the sky. These acres possess a muted, northern gravity, indifferent to the passage of seasons or the slow shift of human industry. Frost often lingers in the hollows here, clinging to the hedgerows long after the sun has touched the higher ridges. The air tastes of damp soil and ancient, unhurried stone, carrying the cold clarity of the uplands.
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About This Cocklaw, Northumberland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cocklaw, 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 Cocklaw includes coordinates 55.035236, -2.096224, 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 Cocklaw is available on the Cocklaw 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.