Great Knowley, Lancashire Weather
About Great Knowley, Lancashire
Great Knowley occupies a modest rise of Lancashire earth, where the light of late afternoon catches the slate roofs with a silvery, transient brilliance. It lies 1.4 miles north-north-east of Chorley (from Chorley: bearing 29°T, OS grid SD 594 197), and is situated south of Johnson's Hillock village. The landscape here retains a quiet composure, defined by the proximity of Astley Park, which extends its verdant reach toward the houses and gardens of Great Knowley. Footpaths wind through the surrounding fields, offering a view of the distant South Hill that rises cleanly against the horizon like a soft, permanent wave. The air carries a crispness derived from the nearby water, for the River Chor follows a meandering course to the south-west, carving a path through the valley floor. History lingers in the local topography, where the vestiges of former industrial endeavour have long since yielded to the steady return of wild grasses and hedgerows. Residents observe the changing seasons in the depth of the shadows cast across their doorways, marking time with the slow maturation of the trees rather than the rush of the nearby roads. Great Knowley remains a place of deliberate stillness, where the horizon feels wide enough to accommodate the quiet thoughts of those who walk its lanes at dusk.
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About This Great Knowley, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Knowley, 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 Knowley includes coordinates 53.672455, -2.616026, 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 Knowley is available on the Great Knowley 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.