Altham, Lancashire Weather
About Altham, Lancashire
Altham reveals itself through the low, grey light of Lancashire, where the damp earth holds the scent of coal and ancient river silt. It lies 1.6 miles west-south-west of Padiham (from Padiham: bearing 239°T, OS grid SD 772 326), and is situated north-north-west of Huncoat village. The landscape here is defined by the patient carving of water, where the narrow, winding course of Shorten Brook brushes against the eastern boundary, softening the transition between pasture and track. To the west, the contours of the land deepen into the sheltered hollow of Wind Engine Clough, a place where the wind seems to lose its ambition against the rising slopes. The architecture of Altham remains anchored by the sturdy, weathered stone of St James’s Church, which has observed the turning of seasons for centuries from its vantage point above the Calder valley. Stone walls partition the fields with a rigid, geometric precision that contrasts with the fluid, shadowed movement of the clouds above. Travellers passing through might notice how the morning mist clings to the meadows, turning the horizon into a pale, indeterminate wash of silver and slate. In the quiet intervals between the passing of modern traffic, one can almost hear the persistent, rhythmic pulse of the hidden watercourses that define the character of the soil.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Altham, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Altham, Lancashire, 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 Altham includes coordinates 53.789599, -2.347314, in the county of Lancashire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Altham is available on the Altham map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Lancashire 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.