Chorley remains a modest collection of dwellings defined by the quiet persistence of Cheshire’s pastoral rhythm. It lies 4.9 miles west of Nantwich (from Nantwich: bearing 259°T, OS grid SJ 574 510), and is situated south-west of Faddiley village. Low-lying fields stretch toward the horizon, where the shifting light of the North West often paints the hedgerows in shades of bruised plum and pale straw. To the west, the grand expanse of Cholmondeley Castle exerts a quiet gravity over the surrounding acres, its historic parkland shaping the local atmosphere with a sense of enduring permanence. Travelers passing through Chorley might notice how the air turns cooler near the water, a subtle shift caused by the proximity of the Norbury Meres Sssi, where the earth holds onto the dampness of the seasons. The landscape here does not shout, but rather whispers in the rustle of dry grasses and the sudden, sharp flight of birds traversing the open sky. Each lane in Chorley follows a logic dictated by centuries of agricultural use, maintaining a deliberate distance from the frantic pace of modern thoroughfares. Here, the boundary between the cultivated garden and the wilder, unruly verge feels thin and perpetually porous.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chorley, 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 Chorley includes coordinates 53.055399, -2.635652, 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 Chorley is available on the Chorley 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.