Culcheth, Cheshire Weather
About Culcheth, Cheshire
Culcheth emerges from the flat Cheshire plains as a place where the horizon seems to hold a quiet, expectant stillness. It lies 3.1 miles south of Leigh (from Leigh: bearing 180°T, OS grid SJ 656 951), and is situated west-south-west of Fowley Common village. The land here carries the damp, peaty memory of the ancient mosslands, as Culcheth remains firmly grounded within the sprawling expanse of the Risley, Holcroft And Chat Moss National Nature Reserve. Sunlight often catches the edges of the Millennium Garden, where the polished surfaces of the public artwork seem to anchor the centre of Culcheth against the drifting clouds. Beyond the domestic hearths, the nearby Wild Wings Birds of Prey offers a sharp, sudden contrast to the steady pace of daily life, drawing the eye toward the sky where wings beat against the heavy air. The terrain maintains a subtle, low-lying character, defined by the slow drainage of the surrounding fields and the modest persistence of the landscape. History here is not written in grand stone cathedrals but in the steady, unassuming endurance of roads and hedgerows that have long defined the local boundaries. Through the shifting seasons, the atmosphere retains a distinct clarity, reflecting a geography that values the uncomplicated intersection of nature and human habitation.
Flight conditions near Culcheth. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Culcheth and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Culcheth, Cheshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Culcheth, 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 Culcheth includes coordinates 53.452059, -2.519394, 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 Culcheth is available on the Culcheth 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.