Edge Fold, Lancashire Weather
About Edge Fold, Lancashire
Edge Fold retains a stark, moorland austerity that marks the transition between the industrial grit of the Lancashire valleys and the wilder, higher ground of the Pennine fringes. It lies 3.1 miles south-east of Darwen (from Darwen: bearing 143°T, OS grid SD 722 181), and is situated east-south-east of Bull Hill village. The landscape surrounding Edge Fold is defined by a slow, tectonic heaviness, where the earth seems to hold the memory of the coal workings that once punctuated the horizon. To the south-west, the slopes of Burton Hill rise with a sombre, unyielding presence, casting long shadows that stretch toward the water’s edge. Nearby, the dark, reflective expanse of the Turton and Entwistle Reservoir mirrors the shifting grey of the northern sky, breaking the monotony of the upland heather. Whittlestone Head Brook carves a shallow, persistent path through the terrain, its movement a quiet counterpoint to the stillness of the surrounding crags. The wind here possesses a sharp, clean edge, scouring the stone walls that demarcate the ancient grazing boundaries of Edge Fold. Here, the light does not merely fall; it clarifies, stripping the world of artifice and revealing the bone-deep character of this high, exposed terrain.
Flight conditions near Edge Fold. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Edge Fold and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Edge Fold, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Edge Fold, 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 Edge Fold includes coordinates 53.659233, -2.420917, 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 Edge Fold is available on the Edge Fold 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.