Guide, Lancashire Weather
About Guide, Lancashire
Guide commands a high, exposed ridge where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of moorland rain from the Pennine fringe. It lies 2.1 miles south-east of Blackburn (from Blackburn: bearing 138°T, OS grid SD 705 258), and is situated north-west of Belthorn village. The landscape around Guide is defined by a stern, industrial resilience, where the grey stone of older dwellings catches the low-slung, silvery light of the North West. To the west, the dark, still waters of Guide Reservoir reflect the shifting clouds, providing a quiet mirror to the expansive sky above the plateau. The terrain slopes away towards the lower ground, where the steady, hidden movement of Higher Croft Brook carves a path through the earth. Travellers moving through these lanes experience a particular clarity, as the elevation grants a wide, sweeping view over the valleys that once powered the looms of Lancashire. Life in Guide maintains a grounded, stoic quality, far removed from the clamour of the nearby urban centres. Here, the horizon remains the primary companion, wide and unyielding against the passage of the seasons.
Flight conditions near Guide. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Guide and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Guide, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Guide, 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 Guide includes coordinates 53.727969, -2.4474, 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 Guide is available on the Guide 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.