Chatburn wears the limestone geology of the Ribble Valley like a sturdy, weather-beaten coat, its grey-stone cottages hunkering against the prevailing winds. It lies 1.8 miles north-east of Clitheroe (from Clitheroe: bearing 48°T, OS grid SD 768 440), and is situated south-south-east of Grindleton village. Beneath the quiet lanes, the land is marked by the Coplow Quarry SSSI, a scarred testament to the industrial extraction that once fed the kilns of the surrounding dales. Chatburn Brook traces a brisk, silver line through the northern outskirts, carrying the cold runoff from the uplands toward the wider river systems. To the north, the slopes of Bean Hill rise with a persistent, green gravity, dominating the skyline and shielding the houses from the harsher northern currents. The light here has a sharp, northern clarity, catching the edges of dry-stone walls and turning the local limestone to the colour of aged bone. A sense of geological patience persists in the landscape, where the ancient reef structures beneath the turf remind an observer that the ground beneath Chatburn has been shifting and settling for millennia. This quiet endurance defines the rhythm of the place, far removed from the hurried pace of the modern arterial roads.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chatburn, 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 Chatburn includes coordinates 53.892437, -2.354314, 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 Chatburn is available on the Chatburn 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.