Common Edge, Lancashire Weather
About Common Edge, Lancashire
Common Edge stretches across the flat, open expanse of the Fylde peninsula, where the salt-heavy air from the Irish Sea softens the hard lines of the horizon. It lies 2.5 miles north of Lytham St Anne's (from Lytham St Anne's: bearing 5°T, OS grid SD 326 328). The terrain remains stubbornly level, a feature that once invited the construction of the nearby airfield, the legacy of which lingers in the distant, rhythmic hum of progress. To the west, the iconic silhouette of Blackpool Pleasure Beach rises against the sky, a jagged crown of steel that punctuates the otherwise modest elevation of the landscape. Common Edge maintains a distinct character, caught between the quiet industry of its playing fields and the encroaching energy of the coast. The light here has a sharp, pale quality, often reflecting off the damp earth to illuminate the low-hanging clouds that drift inland. Only a short distance away, the quiet dedication of the Hangar 42 - Spitfire Visitor Centre preserves the mechanical ghosts of an older sky, grounding the modern suburban sprawl in a tangible, historical gravity. Residents find themselves living in a place where the wide, windswept grass of the local fields provides a necessary pause before the frantic, neon-lit ambition of the nearby seaside resorts begins.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Common Edge, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Common Edge, 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 Common Edge includes coordinates 53.787453, -3.024235, 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 Common Edge is available on the Common Edge 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.