Whirley Grove emerges from the Cheshire landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the steady, unyielding influence of the surrounding agrarian earth. It lies 2.3 miles west-north-west of Macclesfield (from Macclesfield: bearing 282°T, OS grid SJ 881 744), and is situated north-north-east of Henbury village. The terrain here holds a particular stillness, where the light stretches thin and silver across the fields during the late afternoon. Only a short distance to the north-east, the waters of Whirleymere catch the sky, providing a mirror for the shifting clouds that drift over the Cheshire plain. To the west, the dense timber of Highlees Wood acts as a dark, protective boundary, its boughs swaying with a heavy, rhythmic gravity. The air around Whirley Grove carries the faint, cool scent of damp soil and the distant, metallic tang of the nearby Spencer Brook. Such geography dictates a life aligned with the seasons, where the wind carries the weight of the Pennine hills into the lower, quieter hollows. These elements combine to give Whirley Grove an atmosphere of profound, grounded endurance.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whirley Grove, 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 Whirley Grove includes coordinates 53.267294, -2.179803, 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 Whirley Grove is available on the Whirley Grove 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.