Backford, Cheshire Weather
About Backford, Cheshire
Backford reveals its character through the quiet persistence of its stone and the soft, flat reach of the Cheshire plains. It lies 2.6 miles south of Ellesmere Port (from Ellesmere Port: bearing 178°T, OS grid SJ 399 717), and is situated north-north-west of Moston village. The light here often catches the grey masonry of St Oswald’s Church, where the tower stands as a calm sentinel amidst the encompassing fields. Beyond the immediate boundaries of Backford, the landscape shifts toward a more spirited vitality, with the nearby Chester Zoo offering a sanctuary for species like the Asiatic Lion that seem far removed from these temperate northern latitudes. The air carries a stillness that is rarely broken, save for the subtle shift of wind across the low-lying terrain that stretches toward The Dale. Agriculture has long defined the rhythm of life here, with hedgerows marking out the legacy of generations who worked the heavy, fertile clay. Backford remains defined by this steady, enduring relationship between the domestic hearth and the wide, open sky.
Flight conditions near Backford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Backford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Backford, Cheshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Backford, 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 Backford includes coordinates 53.239741, -2.901469, 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 Backford is available on the Backford 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.