Croughton reveals itself as a modest collection of dwellings held fast within the flat, fertile expanse of the Cheshire plain. It lies 2.5 miles south-south-east of Ellesmere Port (from Ellesmere Port: bearing 149°T, OS grid SJ 419 724), and is situated north-north-west of Wervin village. Low-hanging clouds often brush against the chimney pots here, casting a soft, pewter light across the fields that stretch toward the Thornton Main Drain. This narrow watercourse cuts a quiet, purposeful line through the landscape, acting as a perennial pulse for the surrounding agricultural earth. To the south, the land rises with subtle intent toward the modest elevation of Butter Hill, breaking the monotony of the horizon. The air in Croughton carries the scent of damp soil and the distant, metallic hum of industrial activity from the nearby ports. History lingers in the periphery, where the weathered stone of the standing cross in St Lawrence's churchyard at Stoak marks the passage of centuries with an indifferent grace. Croughton remains a place of quiet endurance, defined more by the quality of its heavy, productive soil than by the clamour of the modern world.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Croughton, 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 Croughton includes coordinates 53.246072, -2.872109, 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 Croughton is available on the Croughton 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.