Crawford reveals itself as a quiet gathering of dwellings upon the gently rising terrain of West Lancashire. It lies 1.8 miles north-east of Rainford (from Rainford: bearing 38°T, OS grid SD 498 027), and is situated north-north-west of Kings Moss village. The light here often catches the damp, low-lying pastures, turning the flat horizon into a pale, reflective mirror of the shifting northern sky. To the south-west, the hidden waters of The Delf offer a stillness that seems to temper the brisk winds moving across the exposed fields. Crawford maintains a modest character, defined by the narrow lanes that connect its sparse houses to the broader, working landscape of the district. The proximity of the Ravenhead Brickworks Sssi serves as a reminder of the industrial legacy that once shaped the earth beneath these very foundations. Residents move through the day with a focused simplicity, mindful of the seasons as they turn across the open, unadorned meadows. Crawford remains a place where the history of the soil is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring, patient lines of its hedgerows and stone walls.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crawford, 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 Crawford includes coordinates 53.519285, -2.758078, 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 Crawford is available on the Crawford 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.