Ginclough defines a rugged shoulder of the Cheshire landscape, where the land rises to meet the expansive, unyielding horizon of the Peak District National Park. It lies 1.6 miles east-south-east of Bollington (from Bollington: bearing 117°T, OS grid SJ 959 765), and is situated north-east of Rainow village. Thin ribbons of mist often cling to the hollows of Gin Clough, tracing the path of water through the gritstone slopes with a quiet, persistent elegance. Ancient markers of human industry and ritual remain, such as the scheduled monument at the standing stone nearby, which anchors the history of the terrain in silent, weathered rock. The light here has a sharp, scouring quality, illuminating the slope of Big Low as it looms over the pastures with a brooding, geologic patience. Sheep graze the high, thin grasses of these hills, their movements slow and deliberate against the backdrop of an open, windswept sky. Ginclough remains a place of austere beauty, where the weight of the Pennine foothills presses firmly against the edges of the working day.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ginclough, 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 Ginclough includes coordinates 53.286209, -2.062794, 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 Ginclough is available on the Ginclough 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.