Glanton, Northumberland Weather
About Glanton, Northumberland
Glanton commands the high, rolling expanse of the Northumberland landscape with a quiet, enduring composure. It lies 7.3 miles west of Alnwick (from Alnwick: bearing 277°T, OS grid NU 070 145), and is situated north of Whittingham village. Stone dwellings of local gritstone gather along the ridge, their facades reflecting the pale, shifting clarity of the northern light. To the northwest, the slopes of Glanton Hill rise to meet the horizon, offering a stark silhouette against the vast, open skies of the county. The cool waters of the Shawdon Burn trace a path through the lower ground, softening the edges of the surrounding agricultural fields. History lingers in the proximity of the ancient earthworks at Crawley Tower, where the earth still holds the faint, geometric memory of a more defensive age. Glanton maintains an atmosphere of solitude, defined by the wind that moves across the exposed heights and the steady, rhythmic pulse of rural life.
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Live animated radar for Glanton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Glanton, Northumberland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Glanton, 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 Glanton includes coordinates 55.424402, -1.89083, 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 Glanton is available on the Glanton 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.