Cliffe maintains a quiet, elevated vantage point where the industrial echoes of Lancashire’s past yield to the persistent, rugged character of the northern landscape. It lies 0.4 miles north-north-west of Great Harwood (from Great Harwood: bearing 349°T, OS grid SD 730 329). The terrain here rises with a deliberate, muscular grace toward the slopes of Bowley Hill, offering a perspective that catches the shifting, bruised purples of the Pennine light. Cliffe retains a sturdy, unpretentious composure, defined by stone boundaries that have withstood the restless turning of seasons for generations. Residents enjoy a brisk proximity to the verdant, manicured calm of Lowerfold Park, which serves as a gentle buffer against the more hurried pace of the surrounding district. Below the ridge, the land spills away in a patchwork of slopes that reveal the essential, hard-won honesty of the Hyndburn hills. This elevation ensures that the air remains thin and sharp, carrying with it the faint, clean scent of high moorland grass. Through every change in the weather, Cliffe remains a place of steady observation, holding its own against the wide, grey expanse of the northern sky.
Flight conditions near Cliffe. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Cliffe and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cliffe, 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 Cliffe includes coordinates 53.792098, -2.410088, 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 Cliffe is available on the Cliffe 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.