Great Swinburne, Northumberland Weather
About Great Swinburne, Northumberland
Great Swinburne commands a quiet prominence over the rolling Northumberland pastures, where the light seems to hold a particular clarity against the heavy northern sky. It lies 7.1 miles north of Hexham (from Hexham: bearing 0°T, OS grid NY 937 755), and is situated north-east of Barrasford village. The land here carries the faint, stubborn memory of ancient inhabitants, evidenced by the univallate hillfort in Oxhill Plantation that watches over the eastern horizon from its quiet, grassy ramparts. Below these heights, the water of Shank Sike carves a thin, reflective line through the fields, moving with a cold and steady purpose toward the Tyne. Great Swinburne itself is defined by the austere, enduring stone of its architecture, which appears to have emerged directly from the underlying geology of the district. The wind often travels unimpeded across these open ridges, brushing against the stone walls with a dry, rhythmic hiss that dominates the silence of the afternoon. There is a singular, unadorned honesty in the way the horizon expands in every direction, offering little shelter but immense space to those who walk its perimeter. Visitors might notice how the shadows stretch long and thin across the grass long before evening truly arrives, casting the landscape into sharp, monochromatic relief.
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About This Great Swinburne, Northumberland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Swinburne, 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 Great Swinburne includes coordinates 55.074709, -2.100203, 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 Great Swinburne is available on the Great Swinburne 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.