Elswick, Lancashire Weather
About Elswick, Lancashire
Elswick emerges from the flat, fertile plains of the Fylde as a cluster of brick and slate where the horizon feels vast and unburdened. It lies 3.9 miles north of Kirkham (from Kirkham: bearing 355°T, OS grid SD 422 383), and is situated south of Copp village. Low-lying fields stretch toward the horizon, punctuated by the quiet, silt-heavy presence of Thistleton Brook, which meanders through the surrounding pasture like a vein of cool, dark glass. Elswick maintains a distinct agricultural character, its rhythm dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of the nearby coast. Light here is heavy and expansive, often catching the gables of local architecture before bleeding into the wide, grey skies of Lancashire. History remains etched in the quietude of the surroundings, where remnants like the nearby Dovecote at Great Eccleston stand as silent markers of a structured, agrarian past. Life in Elswick moves with the deliberate patience of the weather, anchored by a resilience that has outlasted the changing demands of the land. The soil, rich and demanding, ensures that the character of the place remains firmly rooted in the cycles of the harvest.
Flight conditions near Elswick. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Elswick and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Elswick, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elswick, 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 Elswick includes coordinates 53.838531, -2.879528, 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 Elswick is available on the Elswick 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.