Crow Wood holds the quiet memory of a Cheshire landscape where the industrial ambition of the north-west meets the lingering stillness of open fields. It lies 1.5 miles north-east of Widnes (from Widnes: bearing 42°T, OS grid SJ 528 870), and is situated south of Bold Heath village. Sunlight catches the edges of the nearby Crow Wood Park, where the grass retains a crisp, unbothered quality despite the hum of modern transit routes nearby. The horizon here is marked by the ghost of mid-century defence, as the earth still bears the subtle, sunken scars of the Penketh 3.7" Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery. These remnants of a wartime sky-watch sit in stark contrast to the modern, verdant sprawl that defines the local geography. A short distance away, the ancient stone of the Standing Cross in St Luke's Churchyard offers a different kind of anchor, grounding the landscape in a much older, silent devotion. Crow Wood maintains a character defined by this intersection of heavy history and the slow, persistent growth of suburban Cheshire. The air carries the faint, sharp scent of damp soil, a reminder that the land remains more resilient than the structures humans have briefly placed upon it.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crow Wood, 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 Crow Wood includes coordinates 53.377815, -2.710721, 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 Crow Wood is available on the Crow Wood 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.