Plumley, Cheshire Weather
About Plumley, Cheshire
Plumley emerges from the Cheshire landscape as a quiet assembly of brick and timber, marked by the steady passage of trains and the shifting moods of the local sky. It lies 2.9 miles south-west of Knutsford (from Knutsford: bearing 216°T, OS grid SJ 723 747), and is situated north-west of Swan Green village. The earth here holds a curious, mineral-rich history, particularly where the remnants of the former soda ash and calcium nitrate works once hummed with the industry of a different age. A short distance to the west, the Plumley Lime Beds Sssi support a fragile, calcicolous flora that thrives in the alkaline soil, offering a sharp contrast to the surrounding pastoral fields. Nearby, the Holford Hall moated site preserves a sense of enclosure, its water-bound perimeter catching the low, pale light of winter afternoons. Plumley maintains a character defined by this intersection of reclaimed industrial ground and the slow, persistent reclamation of nature. The local air often carries the faint, damp scent of the nearby brooks, grounding the residents in a geography that feels both ancient and utilitarian. Plumley remains a place where the modern pulse of the railway line serves as a constant, rhythmic companion to the stillness of the surrounding Cheshire plains.
Flight conditions near Plumley. Data source: locating…
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Plumley, Cheshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plumley, 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 Plumley includes coordinates 53.269211, -2.416205, 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 Plumley is available on the Plumley 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.