Great Whittington, Northumberland Weather
About Great Whittington, Northumberland
Great Whittington commands a high, open ridge where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of Northumberland’s northern reaches. It lies 4.1 miles north-north-east of Corbridge (from Corbridge: bearing 14°T, OS grid NZ 005 708), and is situated west-south-west of Matfen village. Below the stone cottages, the waters of the Sharpley Burn carve a modest path through the earth, marking a boundary where the cultivated fields surrender to wilder, rising ground. To the west, the slopes of Rose Hill catch the low, slanted light of late afternoon, turning the grasses into a sea of bruised gold. Great Whittington retains a quiet composure, its architecture of local sandstone absorbing the grey, shifting moods of the sky. The horizon is wide and indifferent, shaped by the ancient, heavy presence of the Roman frontier that runs just to the south. Life here follows the turning of the seasons, dictated by the rhythm of the surrounding farms and the persistent, bracing chill that drifts across the fells. Here, the land is not merely a backdrop but a physical weight that defines how the day begins and ends.
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About This Great Whittington, Northumberland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Whittington, 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 Whittington includes coordinates 55.031824, -1.993118, 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 Whittington is available on the Great Whittington 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.