Hapton, Lancashire Weather
About Hapton, Lancashire
Hapton endures as a quiet repository of Lancashire industry, where the rugged contours of the Pennine foothills press against the remnants of its soot-stained past. It lies 1.4 miles south of Padiham (from Padiham: bearing 185°T, OS grid SD 792 316), and is situated east-north-east of Huncoat village. The landscape here is defined by a slow, deliberate gravity, with the slopes of Mill Hill rising to the south to catch the pale, fleeting light that frequently washes over the valley. At the edge of the woodland, the ruined stones of Hapton Castle remain as a stoic witness to the shifting fortunes of the local gentry. Below these heights, the cool, dark currents of Castle Clough run through the nearby valley, carving a path through the earth that has long provided a rhythm to the surrounding fields. Hapton maintains a character forged in the furnace of the industrial age, yet it is now defined by the persistent encroachment of wild, untamed grasses over former colliery sites. The air here holds a particular clarity, sharpened by the elevation and the constant, restless movement of wind across the open moors. Through all these changes, Hapton keeps its own counsel, anchored firmly to the grit and shale of its northern foundation.
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Live animated radar for Hapton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hapton, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hapton, 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 Hapton includes coordinates 53.780696, -2.31698, 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 Hapton is available on the Hapton 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.