Morning light catches the dew upon the broad, open expanse of Withington Green, where the land holds the quiet patience of a long-settled Cheshire pasture. It lies 5.6 miles south-east of Knutsford (from Knutsford: bearing 144°T, OS grid SJ 804 712), and is situated north-north-west of Jodrell Bank village. Beyond the perimeter of the green, the horizon is punctuated by the colossal, rotating silhouette of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, an iron sentinel that monitors the silent depths of space from its flat, verdant pedestal. To the east, the reflective, tranquil waters of Dingle Bank Quarry mirror the shifting clouds, offering a cool respite from the heat of the midday sun. The air here carries a faint, earthy scent of damp loam and managed hedgerows, undisturbed by the hurried pulse of modern transit. Further south, the slow, rhythmic meanderings of Redlion Brook carve a path through the fields, providing a perennial drink for the livestock grazing nearby. Withington Green remains a place of singular composure, where the scale of scientific ambition meets the grounded reality of the rural landscape. Such harmony between the celestial gaze of the observatory and the enduring stillness of the fields defines the character of this modest corner of the North West.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Withington Green, 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 Withington Green includes coordinates 53.237986, -2.294659, 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 Withington Green is available on the Withington Green 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.