Crawshawbooth, Lancashire Weather
About Crawshawbooth, Lancashire
Crawshawbooth unfolds along the steep, rugged spine of the Rossendale Valley, where the stone buildings cling to the hillside with a stubborn, grey endurance. It lies 1.8 miles north of Rawtenstall (from Rawtenstall: bearing 4°T, OS grid SD 813 256), and is situated south of Dunnockshaw village. The industrial shadow of the cotton mills has long since receded, leaving behind a quietude that persists even as the wind rushes down from the high, exposed moorlands. To the east, the water of Folly Clough Brook carves a jagged, fern-shadowed path through the earth, its movement a constant, low-frequency hum against the silence of the slopes. Above the rooftops, the silhouette of Bonfire Hill rises like a dark, protective prow, catching the bruised purple light that frequently settles over these Lancashire heights. Crawshawbooth retains the architectural gravity of its nineteenth-century expansion, with rows of terraced dwellings constructed from the very gritstone that defines the local geology. In the cooler months, the air holds a metallic sharpness, tasting of damp peat and the vast, open skies that dominate the horizon. This landscape demands a certain resilience from its inhabitants, mirroring the stark, unadorned honesty of the landscape itself.
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About This Crawshawbooth, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crawshawbooth, 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 Crawshawbooth includes coordinates 53.726651, -2.284715, 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 Crawshawbooth is available on the Crawshawbooth 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.