Blacon, Cheshire Weather
About Blacon, Cheshire
Blacon occupies a stretch of Cheshire land where the horizon feels broad and receptive to the shifting moods of the North West sky. It lies 1.7 miles north-west of Chester (from Chester: bearing 308°T, OS grid SJ 383 680), and is situated south of Mollington village. The landscape here retains the memory of ancient agricultural rhythms, with the flat, fertile earth providing a quiet foundation for its modern residential character. Residents often find respite in the nearby Blacon Community Nature Park, where the tall grasses sway in rhythm with the passing breeze, softening the edges of the built environment. Beyond the houses, the terrain rises slightly toward Gorse Hill, offering a vantage point that captures the pale, diffused light characteristic of this corner of the county. Highfield Drain snakes through the lower ground, its path marking a subtle boundary that directs the movement of water across the pastoral expanse. Blacon serves as a functional extension of its historic neighbour, balancing the practical needs of contemporary life with the persistent, lingering presence of the surrounding Cheshire fields. The interplay between the structured streets and the openness of the nearby parks suggests a place still engaged in an ongoing conversation with its geography.
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Live animated radar for Blacon and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Blacon, Cheshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blacon, 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 Blacon includes coordinates 53.205477, -2.924615, 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 Blacon is available on the Blacon 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.