Cloughfold, Lancashire Weather
About Cloughfold, Lancashire
Cloughfold retains the steady, industrious character of a place built upon the shifting fortunes of Lancashire’s textile legacy. It lies 0.8 miles east-south-east of Rawtenstall (from Rawtenstall: bearing 102°T, OS grid SD 823 224). The landscape here is defined by the steep, imposing slopes that rise sharply to meet the sky, drawing the eyes upward toward the rugged silhouette of Cowpe Lowe. On clear afternoons, the light catches the gritstone architecture, casting long, melancholic shadows that seem to hold the memory of the looms that once hummed in the valley floor. The horizon is framed by the vast, open expanse of the Rossendale Valley, where the air feels thin and sharp, carrying the scent of damp earth and coming rain. Cloughfold preserves a quiet dignity, its rows of terraced houses following the contours of the land with an unpretentious, rhythmic precision. Water remains a constant presence, as the nearby Shaw Clough Brook carves its way through the terrain, a restless companion to the stillness of the residential streets. These stone-fronted dwellings stand as enduring witnesses to a time when industry dictated the pace of life, though today the pace is governed only by the changing seasons. The resilience of the architecture reflects the stubborn, grounded spirit of those who have long called this high-reaching corner of the North West their home.
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About This Cloughfold, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cloughfold, 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 Cloughfold includes coordinates 53.698474, -2.268425, 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 Cloughfold is available on the Cloughfold 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.