Old Bewick, Northumberland Weather
About Old Bewick, Northumberland
Ancient stone and the persistent silence of the Cheviot foothills define the character of Old Bewick. It lies 6.2 miles south-east of Wooler (from Wooler: bearing 131°T, OS grid NU 066 215), and is situated west-north-west of Eglingham village. The light here possesses a singular, thin clarity, often catching the grey masonry of the twelfth-century chapel that remains a solitary sentinel against the encroaching moorland. To the east, the steep rise of Bewick Hill commands the horizon, its summit bearing the heavy, weathered remnants of a prehistoric hillfort. The landscape is carved by the rhythmic pulse of the Kirk Burn, which meanders through the low ground with a cold, clear persistence that has shaped the valley floor for millennia. Visitors walking the trackways often discover the enigmatic, circular carvings on the gritstone outcrops, silent puzzles left by inhabitants who viewed these slopes long before the current field boundaries were drawn. The air at Old Bewick carries a sharp, metallic edge in winter, yet in the height of summer, the heat shimmering off the exposed rock faces gives the terrain an almost desert-like intensity. These slopes offer an expansive view over the Northumberland landscape, where the shifting shadows of clouds provide the only constant motion across the dormant, rolling pastures.
Flight conditions near Old Bewick. Data source: locating…
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Old Bewick, Northumberland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Bewick, 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 Old Bewick includes coordinates 55.487295, -1.896037, 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 Old Bewick is available on the Old Bewick 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.