Fowley Common, Cheshire Weather
About Fowley Common, Cheshire
Fowley Common asserts its presence through a quiet, damp persistence that defines the low-lying plains of Cheshire. It lies 2.8 miles south-south-east of Leigh (from Leigh: bearing 162°T, OS grid SJ 670 958), and is situated south of Glazebury village. The horizon here is dominated by the expansive, peat-rich stretches of the Risley, Holcroft and Chat Moss, a landscape that holds the memory of ancient bogs beneath its flat, industrious surface. To the east, the Jibcroft Brook traces a narrow, silver vein through the fields, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish grace that reflects the grey-blue skies of the North West. Fowley Common acts as a sentinel to this wetland geography, where the air often tastes of turned earth and the cooling moisture of distant tides. The light at dusk stretches thin across the flat pastures, catching the edges of the drainage ditches that keep the soil from surrendering entirely to the encroaching moss. Here, the boundary between firm land and the fluid, shifting history of the peat is marked by the steady, unpretentious labour of those who work the periphery. Life in Fowley Common remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, dictated by the slow drainage of the land and the quiet, persistent expansion of the surrounding wild.
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About This Fowley Common, Cheshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fowley Common, 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 Fowley Common includes coordinates 53.458275, -2.497044, 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 Fowley Common is available on the Fowley Common 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.