Great Eccleston, Lancashire Weather
About Great Eccleston, Lancashire
Great Eccleston commands the verdant, flat reaches of the Fylde with a quiet, enduring composure. It lies 5.0 miles north of Kirkham (from Kirkham: bearing 0°T, OS grid SD 428 402), and is situated east-south-east of Little Eccleston village. The low, expansive horizon surrounding Great Eccleston invites a vast, pale light that seems to wash over the fields and linger upon the brickwork of its historic centre. To the east, the steady, unassuming presence of Raikes Brook carves a path through the silt and grass, marking the boundary where the land begins its slow transition toward the river Wyre. Near the heart of the parish, the Dovecote at Great Eccleston stands as a solitary, stone-wrought reminder of a more agrarian age, its weathered form silhouetted against the wide Lancashire sky. The rhythm of life here finds its most vibrant expression during the annual agricultural show, where the scent of turned earth and livestock fills the air, grounding the modern day in the traditions of the soil. Beyond the main thoroughfare, the quiet lanes reveal an open, honest landscape that offers little resistance to the wind, allowing the weather to sweep across the rooftops with unhindered force. Great Eccleston retains a singular, functional character, defined by its flat, fertile geography and the persistent, industrious spirit of those who have worked this ground for generations.
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Live animated radar for Great Eccleston and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Great Eccleston, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Eccleston, 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 Great Eccleston includes coordinates 53.854891, -2.87075, 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 Great Eccleston is available on the Great Eccleston 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.