Cloud Side, Cheshire Weather
About Cloud Side, Cheshire
Cloud Side emerges from the rugged Cheshire landscape as a cluster of dwellings that seem to hold their breath against the rising terrain. It lies 2.6 miles east-north-east of Congleton (from Congleton: bearing 78°T, OS grid SJ 900 637), and is situated east-north-east of Key Green village. The incline here is unforgiving, pushing houses upward toward the gritstone crown of The Cloud, where the light often catches the high heather in flashes of bruised purple. Below these slopes, the air carries a damp, metallic chill rising from the nearby Timbers Brook, a waterway that cuts through the earth with persistent, quiet industry. Cloud Side maintains a stoic character, its stone walls darkened by the heavy moisture that rolls off the Pennine foothills. A short distance away, the ancient stones of The Bridestones Neolithic Chambered Long Cairn remain as silent, weathered anchors in the fields, indifferent to the slow passage of modern lives. The horizon here is dominated by the steep, broken silhouettes of the surrounding hills, which dictate the pace of the day and the long reach of the shadows. Whether in the sharp clarity of winter or the low-hanging mists of autumn, Cloud Side remains a place defined by the heavy, magnificent weight of the open moorland pressing against its boundaries.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Cloud Side, Cheshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cloud Side, 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 Cloud Side includes coordinates 53.170785, -2.150991, 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 Cloud Side is available on the Cloud Side 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.