Rothbury, Northumberland Weather
About Rothbury, Northumberland
Sunlight catches the sandstone ridges that define the wild, elevated horizon surrounding Rothbury. It lies 10.7 miles south-west of Alnwick (from Alnwick: bearing 229°T, OS grid NU 058 017), and is situated east of Thropton village. The River Coquet carves a rhythmic path through the valley, its waters once powering the mills that anchored the local woollen trade. History lingers in the ancient stone of the Rothbury Bridge, which has witnessed centuries of shepherds and merchants crossing into the heart of Northumberland. Today, the economy leans into tourism and artisanal craft, drawing strength from the rugged beauty of the nearby hills.
Cragside, the visionary home of the inventor Lord Armstrong, dominates the local landscape with its pioneering use of hydroelectricity and its vast, fern-filled gardens. Visitors often wander toward the ancient Armstrong Cross, where the silence of the moorland feels heavy and profound against the clear, northern sky. The cultural character of Rothbury remains tethered to the seasons, marked by the arrival of the annual music festival that fills the streets with traditional Northumbrian pipes. Local lore suggests that the spirit of the border reivers still haunts the high ground, a lingering echo of a turbulent past. These hills offer an enduring solitude that shapes the lives of those who walk its paths.
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Live animated radar for Rothbury and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Rothbury, Northumberland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rothbury, 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 Rothbury includes coordinates 55.309949, -1.909906, 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 Rothbury is available on the Rothbury 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.