Hawkshaw, Lancashire Weather
About Hawkshaw, Lancashire
Hawkshaw occupies a bracing portion of the Lancashire landscape where the terrain begins to tilt upward toward the rugged spine of the West Pennine Moors. It lies 1.1 miles north-west of Darwen (from Darwen: bearing 323°T, OS grid SD 682 235). The horizon here is dominated by the looming mass of Winter Hill, whose broad, wind-scoured flanks cast long, cooling shadows across the surrounding fields as the afternoon light wanes. Below this prominence, the land is etched by the steady, unceasing flow of Badger Brook, which cuts a clear path through the verdant valley floor. Hawkshaw maintains a quiet composure, its character defined by the stark limestone walls and the resilient grit of the local architecture. To the south, the dense canopy of Sunnyhurst Woods offers a sharp contrast to the open, heather-dusted heights that define the broader topography. The air here carries a sharp, clean clarity, an atmospheric legacy of the high ground that keeps the pace of life measured and deliberate. Such surroundings provide a constant, shifting gallery of colour, from the deep, bruised purples of the moorland at dusk to the pale, silvery greens of the lower gullies.
Flight conditions near Hawkshaw. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hawkshaw and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hawkshaw, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hawkshaw, 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 Hawkshaw includes coordinates 53.707517, -2.482951, 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 Hawkshaw is available on the Hawkshaw 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.