Ancient earthworks and the quiet persistence of stone define the character of Flodden. It lies 6.2 miles north-west of Wooler (from Wooler: bearing 315°T, OS grid NT 920 351), and is situated north-west of Milfield village. The landscape here breathes with a melancholy stillness, where the shadows of Flodden Camp stretch long across the pasture as the sun begins its descent. To the north-west, the rising form of Flodden Hill commands the horizon, a silent witness to the centuries that have smoothed its slopes. Beneath the open sky, the air holds a clarity that sharpens the edges of every dry-stone wall and hawthorn hedge. The geography of Flodden remains heavy with the weight of its past, yet the light across the fields possesses a fleeting, ethereal quality that softens the harshness of the terrain. Low winds carry the scent of damp earth and distant rainfall, moving across the open ground with an unbothered, rhythmic grace. Each acre of this Northumberland expanse serves as a reminder that even the most quiet corners of the earth are layered with the echoes of those who walked them long ago.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Flodden, 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 Flodden includes coordinates 55.610238, -2.127204, 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 Flodden is available on the Flodden 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.