Dirt Pot, Northumberland Weather
About Dirt Pot, Northumberland
Dirt Pot emerges from the high, unforgiving moorlands of Northumberland as a collection of structures that seem to hold their breath against the prevailing wind. It lies 8.4 miles east of Alston (from Alston: bearing 91°T, OS grid NY 852 461), and is situated north-west of Allenheads village. The horizon here is dominated by the stark, rising profile of Slag Hill, a reminder of the lead-mining industry that once dictated the fortunes of those who laboured on this uneven ground. Water shapes the character of the surroundings, with the dark, reflective surface of Byerhope Reservoir catching the pale northern light just a short distance to the east. Dirt Pot maintains a stoic isolation, where the stone walls are weathered into a silvered grey by decades of exposure to the elements. Below the village, the Westend Burn carves a purposeful path through the earth, its movement providing a constant, low-frequency sound that accompanies the stillness of the high country. The landscape offers little shelter, leaving the buildings to face the open sky with a quiet, rugged endurance that defines the life of the inhabitants.
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About This Dirt Pot, Northumberland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dirt Pot, 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 Dirt Pot includes coordinates 54.810056, -2.230737, 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 Dirt Pot is available on the Dirt Pot 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.