Carlton holds a quiet gravity in the West Yorkshire landscape, where the heavy sky seems to press down upon the slate and stone. It lies 0.9 miles south-west of Rothwell (from Rothwell: bearing 224°T, OS grid SE 336 270), and is situated north-north-east of Lofthouse village. The light here catches the damp edges of Carlton Beck, which traces a silver line through the low-lying fields just to the east. Ancient earthworks ripple beneath the surface of the surrounding pastures, marking the proximity of the medieval ruins that once commanded the high ground of the parish. These remnants of stone and history offer a silent counterpoint to the modern thoroughfares that carve through the periphery of the district. Beyond the residential lanes, the greenery of Rothwell Pastures spreads out like a worn velvet cloak, catching the morning mist before it dissipates into the grey expanse. Carlton remains a place of subtle transitions, where the industrial echoes of the coal-mining past have faded into the slow pulse of the local geography. Time here does not hurry, but instead settles into the brickwork and the long, low shadows that stretch across the fields as the afternoon wanes.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carlton, West Yorkshire, 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. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Carlton includes coordinates 53.739115, -1.491415, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Carlton is available on the Carlton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the West Yorkshire 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.