Foulridge holds a stoic grace beneath the wide, shifting skies of the Pennine fringe, where the light often bruises into shades of slate and amethyst. It lies 1.3 miles north of Colne (from Colne: bearing 352°T, OS grid SD 890 422), and is situated east-south-east of Hey village. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal carves a deliberate path through the limestone, its still waters mirroring the grey stone of the older cottages that have long defied the biting northern winds. To the southwest, Lake Burwain gathers the rainfall of the surrounding moors, providing a wide, silver expanse that anchors the horizon. The slopes of Waller Hill rise sharply to the west, acting as a green sentinel that guards the quiet passage of the local waterways. Centuries of industrial endeavour have left their mark upon the earth, yet the landscape retains a wild, unbiddable quality that defies mere human classification. Foulridge remains a place where the clamour of the modern world fades, replaced by the rhythmic movement of water against lock gates and the distant, lonely call of moorland birds.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Foulridge, 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 Foulridge includes coordinates 53.876421, -2.168644, 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 Foulridge is available on the Foulridge 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.