Wigshaw, Cheshire Weather
About Wigshaw, Cheshire
Wigshaw remains a quiet fragment of Cheshire, where the flatness of the landscape allows the horizon to stretch wide and pale under an expansive North West sky. It lies 3.3 miles south-east of Golborne (from Golborne: bearing 125°T, OS grid SJ 647 947), and is situated west-south-west of Culcheth village. The soil here feels heavy and ancient, a low-lying expanse that forms a portion of the Risley, Holcroft and Chat Moss National Nature Reserve. In the morning, the light catches the damp earth with a silver clarity, revealing the subtle contours of the mossland that define the local geography. Wigshaw occupies a space where the industrial pulse of the region fades, replaced by the steady, rhythmic growth of reeds and marsh grasses. A short distance away, the quiet presence of Wild Wings Birds of Prey adds a sudden flash of predatory movement to the stillness of the fields. The character of Wigshaw persists in this muted tension between the encroaching modern world and the persistent, boggy wildness of the moss.
Flight conditions near Wigshaw. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Wigshaw and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Wigshaw, Cheshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wigshaw, 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 Wigshaw includes coordinates 53.448434, -2.532042, 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 Wigshaw is available on the Wigshaw 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.