Hough Green serves as a quiet threshold where the industrial legacy of the Mersey estuary meets the persistent, encroaching edge of Cheshire’s green fields. It lies 1.8 miles west of Widnes (from Widnes: bearing 278°T, OS grid SJ 483 856), and is situated north of Hale Bank village. The air here holds a particular clarity, often sharpened by the cool, low-hanging light that travels inland from the river, illuminating the brickwork of Victorian terraces that define the local architecture. To the northeast, the manicured pathways of Hough Green Park offer a restrained geometry of lawns and flowerbeds, providing a deliberate contrast to the wilder, unkempt thickets that occasionally break the suburban sprawl. Residents often walk the short distance to the remnants of the moated site at Lovel’s Hall, where the stagnant water of the ancient fishpond reflects the heavy, shifting clouds of the North West. This landscape retains a functional, unpretentious character, shaped by the steady pulse of commuters and the rhythmic passage of trains that stitch Hough Green into the wider transit veins of England. Beyond the pavement, the terrain flattens toward the horizon, suggesting the vast, hidden water-meadows that lie further south. In the quiet hours, one can almost discern the distant, metallic hum of industry, a faint vibration that reminds the observer that Hough Green remains tethered to a long, industrious history of making and transit.
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Live animated radar for Hough Green and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hough Green, 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 Hough Green includes coordinates 53.365501, -2.77694, 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 Hough Green is available on the Hough Green 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.