Roddam remains a quiet bastion of Northumberland, defined by the persistent, unyielding character of its northern landscape. It lies 5.2 miles south-south-east of Wooler (from Wooler: bearing 156°T, OS grid NU 024 203), and is situated north-west of Powburn village. The land here rises to meet the sky, as Hunter's Hill casts long, lean shadows across the fields when the sun begins its slow descent. Beneath the horizon, the water of Roddam Burn traces a silver vein through the earth, carving a path that has endured through centuries of changing seasons. To the north-north-west, the Roddam Dene Sssi preserves a fragile, wild sanctuary where the flora clings to the damp, sheltered soil with stubborn grace. Roddam possesses an austere beauty, a place where the wind carries the scent of rain and the heavy, damp perfume of ancient, undisturbed stone. Every track and boundary marker speaks to a long lineage of agricultural toil, grounding the hamlet in a history that is felt rather than recorded. The light across these hills shifts with a sudden, restless intensity, illuminating the rugged textures of the terrain in sharp, fleeting relief.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roddam, 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 Roddam includes coordinates 55.477252, -1.962494, 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 Roddam is available on the Roddam 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.