Appleton, Cheshire Weather
About Appleton, Cheshire
Appleton retains a quiet dignity in the Cheshire landscape, its character defined by a subtle transition between suburban order and the persistent reach of the natural world. It lies 0.9 miles north of Widnes (from Widnes: bearing 2°T, OS grid SJ 513 866). The morning light here often catches the brickwork of residential lanes, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to anchor the houses firmly into the earth. Residents often walk toward the nearby Victoria Park, where the manicured gardens offer a sharp contrast to the more rugged, open terrain further afield. A short journey away, the ancient Standing Cross in St Luke's Churchyard serves as a weathered sentinel, its stone surface marked by the slow, indifferent passage of centuries. This part of Cheshire avoids the frantic pace of the larger hubs, preferring a rhythm dictated by the changing seasons and the muted sounds of local life. Appleton persists as a place where the modern streetscape meets the lingering memory of an older, agrarian horizon. Even as the modern world encroaches, the horizon remains wide and indifferent, reminding those who live there of the vast, shifting skies of the North West.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Appleton, Cheshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Appleton, Cheshire, 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 Appleton includes coordinates 53.374388, -2.733331, in the county of Cheshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Appleton is available on the Appleton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cheshire 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.