Clifton, Lancashire Weather
About Clifton, Lancashire
Clifton holds a quiet watch over the flat, expansive plains of the Fylde where the horizon seems to stretch toward the sea with an aching, open intensity. It lies 2.3 miles east-north-east of Freckleton (from Freckleton: bearing 68°T, OS grid SD 464 303), and is situated south-west of Lea Town village. Salt-laden winds often sweep inland from the estuary, brushing against the reeds and grasses of the nearby Clifton Marsh where the light turns a soft, bruised silver at dusk. The geography here is defined by low-lying fields and the slow, meandering pulse of the landscape that carries the weight of centuries in its deep, silty soil. To the north-east, the waters of Deepdale Brook cut a hidden path through the earth, marking the land with thin, reflective ribbons that catch the pale northern sun. Clifton maintains a stoic character, shaped by the rhythms of the seasons and the persistent, damp breath of the nearby wetlands. These open spaces offer a vast, unadorned beauty that demands a certain humility from those who walk its narrow lanes. Through the shifting mist, the low sky seems to press down upon the fields, grounding the spirit in the honest, cold reality of the Lancashire earth.
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About This Clifton, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clifton, 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 Clifton includes coordinates 53.766603, -2.813927, 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 Clifton is available on the Clifton 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.