Chowley emerges as a quiet punctuation mark upon the sprawling, verdant expanse of the Cheshire plain. It lies 7.6 miles south-east of Chester (from Chester: bearing 144°T, OS grid SJ 477 563), and is situated north-north-east of Clutton village. The land here holds the damp, heavy scent of peat and turned earth, rising steadily toward the modest, rounded crest of Mill Hill that guards the northern horizon. A stillness hangs over the fields, broken only by the sharp, rhythmic call of birds navigating the air between the trees. To the east, the stone remnants of Bolesworth Castle suggest a long-forgotten weight of history, standing as a silent witness to the changing seasons across the low-lying meadows. Chowley maintains an unassuming presence, defined more by the shifting quality of the afternoon light against the hedgerows than by any grand architectural flourish. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, allowing the weather to roll in from the west with a grey, deliberate grace that washes over the pastures. Each turn in the narrow lanes reveals a landscape that has long prioritised the slow, patient work of the farmer over the restless pace of modern life.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chowley, 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 Chowley includes coordinates 53.101412, -2.782372, 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 Chowley is available on the Chowley 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.