Basford, Cheshire Weather
About Basford, Cheshire
Basford remains a quiet expanse of Cheshire fields where the horizon stretches wide under a pale, shifting sky. It lies 2.1 miles south-south-east of Crewe (from Crewe: bearing 161°T, OS grid SJ 715 522), and is situated north of Hough village. The land here carries a heavy, damp fertility, drained by the slow, meandering pulse of Basford Brook as it pushes through the low-lying terrain. To the north-east, the sprawling, meticulously maintained grounds of Crewe Hall offer a stark contrast to the utilitarian pragmatism of the surrounding pastures. The air in Basford often holds the faint, metallic scent of the nearby railway arteries that have defined the region’s movement for generations. Ancient hedgerows trace the irregular boundaries of paddocks, marking a landscape that has long prioritised the patient labour of the plough over the vanity of grand architecture. Here, the light catches the moisture on the tall grasses, turning the morning meadows into a sea of muted silver. Basford persists as a place of steady transition, where the heavy industry of the neighbouring rail hubs fades into the rhythmic, silent work of the soil.
Flight conditions near Basford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Basford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Basford, Cheshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Basford, 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 Basford includes coordinates 53.066278, -2.425735, 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 Basford is available on the Basford 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.