Broadgate stretches across the gentle slope descending toward the River Ribble, maintaining a quiet watch over the crossing points into the city. It lies 0.8 miles west-south-west of Preston (from Preston: bearing 238°T, OS grid SD 529 289). The morning light often catches the red-brick terraces, casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch toward the nearby Penwortham Old Bridge. Residents find a familiar stillness in Strand Road Gardens, where the air holds the damp, cool scent of the riverbank even on the brightest days. A short walk away, the remnants of the Castle Hill Motte offer a silent, earthen anchor to a history that long predates the modern street plan. Broadgate retains a character defined by this proximity to the water, where the rush of the current provides a constant, low-frequency hum beneath the sounds of suburban life. Broadgate Gardens serves as a modest green lung for the neighbourhood, providing a sanctuary where the tall trees filter the afternoon sun into shifting patterns on the path. This landscape does not shout its importance, yet it persists with a steady, unassuming dignity that rewards those who choose to linger.
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Live animated radar for Broadgate and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Broadgate, 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 Broadgate includes coordinates 53.754563, -2.714641, 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 Broadgate is available on the Broadgate 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.