Cresswell, Northumberland Weather
About Cresswell, Northumberland
Cresswell commands the North Sea coastline where the horizon stretches into an endless, shifting grey. It lies 3.6 miles north-north-west of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (from Newbiggin-by-the-Sea: bearing 339°T, OS grid NZ 292 933), and is situated north-east of Ellington village. The salt-heavy air carries the weight of the Atlantic, often obscuring the stark, skeletal silhouette of Cresswell Pele Tower as it watches over the dunes. Time seems to slow near the water, where the light fractures against the sand and turns the coastal grass into a pale, vibrating gold. Just a short distance away, the Cresswell Ponds Sssi provides a quiet sanctuary for migratory birds, their wings beating a steady rhythm against the stillness of the reed beds. The landscape here is defined by this fragile border between the solid earth and the persistent, encroaching tide. History remains anchored in the masonry of the Cresswell Tower House, a structure that resists the erosion of seasons with a stubborn, heavy grace. Cresswell persists as a place of open sky and sudden, sharp clarity, where the wind strips away the unnecessary until only the essential geography remains.
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Live animated radar for Cresswell and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Cresswell, Northumberland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cresswell, 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 Cresswell includes coordinates 55.233679, -1.541717, 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 Cresswell is available on the Cresswell 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.