Crowton emerges from the Cheshire landscape as a collection of quiet lanes and historic farmsteads defined by the steady, unassuming presence of its ancient agricultural roots. It lies 4.4 miles east-south-east of Frodsham (from Frodsham: bearing 116°T, OS grid SJ 578 745), and is situated west-south-west of Acton Bridge village. The terrain here holds a particular stillness, where the low sun catches the damp edges of Crowton Brook as it winds its way through the verdant, heavy soil. To the north-west, the dense canopy of Hatton's Hey Wood, Whittle's Corner and Bank Rough SSSI provides a cool, shadowed sanctuary that seems to exhale the scent of pine and decaying leaf mould. This woodland acts as a silent guardian, marking the transition between the managed fields and the wilder, unkempt corners of the Cheshire plain. Crowton retains a sense of seclusion, where the architecture of brick and timber seems to have surrendered to the slow, inevitable creep of moss and lichen. The light in this part of the county possesses a distinct, pale clarity, casting long, sharp silhouettes against the stone walls as the afternoon wanes. Residents move with a deliberate pace, respecting the rhythm of a landscape that has remained largely indifferent to the frantic pace of the modern world.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crowton, 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 Crowton includes coordinates 53.266626, -2.633669, 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 Crowton is available on the Crowton 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.