Dale Brow emerges as a quiet ridge of residential character overlooking the verdant transition between Cheshire’s industrial fringes and the deeper countryside. It lies 2.0 miles north-north-west of Macclesfield (from Macclesfield: bearing 328°T, OS grid SJ 900 764), and is situated south of Prestbury village. The terrain here rises with a subtle authority, offering views that capture the shifting, pale light of the North West as it drifts over the nearby Cheshire plain. A short distance to the north-northeast, the ancient, weathered Cross Shaft in the Churchyard of St Peter's Church stands as a silent sentinel to centuries of local movement. Residents of Dale Brow often walk toward the open expanse of Parrot's Field, where the grass holds the morning dew with a persistent, silver clarity. The gentle slope of the land creates a natural drainage toward the lower basins, shaping the way the air cools in the late afternoon. Beyond the immediate gardens and lanes, the wider landscape carries the weight of history in its burial mounds and scattered monuments. This geography provides a steady, grounded anchor for those living in Dale Brow, far removed from the sharp, urgent pulse of the larger nearby towns.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dale Brow, 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 Dale Brow includes coordinates 53.285239, -2.151245, 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 Dale Brow is available on the Dale Brow 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.