Glen Top, Lancashire Weather
About Glen Top, Lancashire
Glen Top commands a rugged prominence where the harsh, grey light of the Pennines reveals the enduring character of the Lancashire hills. It lies 1.8 miles west-south-west of Bacup (from Bacup: bearing 241°T, OS grid SD 842 216), and is situated east-north-east of Cowpe village. Stone-built rows define the hard edges of the landscape, reflecting an industrial legacy that once relied upon the steep, unforgiving gradients of the valley sides. Beyond the immediate dwellings, the earth rises toward the high, windswept ridge of Acre Hill, where the horizon feels vast and indifferent to human passage. The nearby Siss Clough carves a deep, shadowed incision into the terrain, channeling the relentless dampness of the region into a quiet, persistent music. At Glen Top, the air carries a sharp, metallic clarity that clarifies the silhouette of every chimney stack and dry-stone wall against the sky. Resilience remains the unspoken habit of the place, marked by the steady, unadorned endurance of those who occupy these elevated slopes.
Flight conditions near Glen Top. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Glen Top and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Glen Top, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Glen Top, 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 Glen Top includes coordinates 53.690833, -2.239437, 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 Glen Top is available on the Glen Top 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.