Snelson remains a quiet expanse of Cheshire fields where the air carries the cool, damp scent of turning earth. It lies 3.9 miles south-east of Knutsford (from Knutsford: bearing 130°T, OS grid SJ 799 745), and is situated north of Peover Heath village. The landscape here is defined by a low, rhythmic geometry of hedges and paddocks that catch the pale, silver light typical of the North West. To the east, the waters of Bag Brook trace a winding path through the heavy clay, feeding the moisture that keeps the pastures perpetually lush. Further towards the horizon, the ancient tumuli of the two bowl barrows rise like silent, earthen sentinels above the surrounding green. Snelson persists as a place of agricultural stillness, where the modern world feels distant behind the shifting veil of seasonal mists. The local character is shaped by a long inheritance of farming, reflected in the sturdy, time-worn brickwork of the farmsteads that punctuate the lanes. Here, the silence is broken only by the sudden flight of birds or the distant, industrious hum of the wider county.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Snelson, 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 Snelson includes coordinates 53.267379, -2.302358, 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 Snelson is available on the Snelson 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.