Hepple commands a quiet authority over the Northumberland landscape, where the Coquet valley widens to embrace the rugged beauty of the surrounding hills. It lies 4.7 miles west of Rothbury (from Rothbury: bearing 261°T, OS grid NT 982 005), and is situated west-south-west of Thropton village. The light here possesses a singular clarity, sharpening the silhouettes of the nearby peaks against a sky that feels vast and unburdened. As Hepple lies within Northumberland National Park, the land retains a wild, ancient pulse that resists the softening touch of modern cultivation. To the east, the stone remnants of Hepple Tower offer a stoic witness to centuries of border unrest, standing as a skeletal sentinel over the green. Beyond the houses, the slopes of Kirk Hill rise to meet the horizon, their contours softened by the long, golden shadows of a declining sun. The character of Hepple remains tethered to this topography, where the earth and sky engage in a constant, silent dialogue of wind and cloud.
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Live animated radar for Hepple and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hepple, 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 Hepple includes coordinates 55.29907, -2.028462, 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 Hepple is available on the Hepple 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.