Wildboarclough remains a quiet sanctuary of slate and gritstone, where the heavy, bruised clouds of the Pennines often snag upon the high ridges. It lies 5.1 miles south-east of Macclesfield (from Macclesfield: bearing 128°T, OS grid SJ 982 686), and is situated south-east of Langley village. This remote pocket of Cheshire finds its true character within the expansive, windswept boundaries of the Peak District National Park. Above the low-slung roofs, the dark, assertive profile of Shutlingsloe dominates the horizon, its pointed peak catching the fleeting, pale gold of a winter morning. Water defines the rhythm of Wildboarclough, as the hidden trickles of Cumberland Brook carve deep, fern-lined channels through the surrounding heather. The landscape possesses a stark, unadorned beauty, where the silence is broken only by the sharp, lonely cries of curlews wheeling overhead. Centuries of pastoral labour have smoothed the rough edges of these slopes, leaving behind a place that feels less like a map coordinate and more like a breath held in the cold, clear air of the uplands.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wildboarclough, 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 Wildboarclough includes coordinates 53.215121, -2.027409, 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 Wildboarclough is available on the Wildboarclough 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.